Investors operate with limited funds and intelligence, they do not need to know everything. As long as they understand something better than others, they have an edge.
GEORGE SOROSNo individual anonymous participant can influence the prices and therefore you really can speculate in the market without paying attention to morality. That’s one of the positive features of markets. That’s why they function.
More George Soros Quotes
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The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.
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The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios… The idea that you can actually predict what’s going to happen contradicts my way of looking at the market.
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I don’t panic. The same thing applies to me as to everybody else, so I’m given to euphoria and despair. And I would say that I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes.
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If investing is entertaining, if you’re having fun, you’re probably not making any money. Good investing is boring.
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The main difference between me and other people who have amassed this kind of money is that I am primarily interested in ideas, and I don’t have much personal use for money.
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There is always a divergence between our perception and what actually exists.
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If we carry this line of argument to its logical conclusion, the meaning of life consists of the flaws in one’s conceptions and what one does about them. Life can be seen as a fertile fallacy.
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Short term volatility is greatest at turning points and diminishes as a trend becomes established.
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America needs to follow the policies it has introduced in Germany. We have to go through a certain de-Nazification process.
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I rely a great deal on animal instincts.
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Hedge funds are a very efficient way of managing money. But there are clearly some risks. Hedge funds use credit and credit is a source of instability. Transactions involving credit should be regulated.
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Market prices are always wrong in the sense that they present a biased view of the future.
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Fundamental analysis seeks to establish how underlying values are reflected in stock prices, whereas the theory of reflexivity shows how stock prices can influence underlying values.
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Studying economics is not a good preparation for dealing with it.
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Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.
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