It is far more difficult… to know when to sell a stock than when to buy.
BERNARD BARUCHEven being right 3 or 4 times out of 10 should yield a person a fortune if he has the sense to cut his losses quickly on the ventures where he is wrong.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can’t retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time.
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I was the son of an immigrant. I experienced bigotry, intolerance and prejudice, even as so many of you have. Instead of allowing these thing to embitter me, I took them as spurs to more strenuous effort. .
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There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.
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Vote for the man who promises least; he’ll be the least disappointing.
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Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked why.
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A man sentenced to death obtained a reprieve by assuring the king he would teach his majesty’s horse to fly within the year – on the condition that if he didn’t succeed, he would be put to death at the end of the year. “Within a year,” the man explained later.
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Learn to take losses quickly and cleanly. There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.
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Never follow the crowd.
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Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.
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Become more humble as the market goes your way.
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Most of the successful people I know mostly listen, not talk.
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Nobody ever lost money taking a profit
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Anything that saps the value of savings-and inflation is the worst single threat-is the enemy of the aged and of those who expect to grow old.
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Knowing yourself and knowing the facts, you can judge whether you can change the situation so it is more to your liking. If you cannot–or if you do not know how to improve on things–then discipline yourself to the adjustments that will be necessary.
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The essence of any plan for financing old age is saving-to put aside some part of today’s earnings for the future.
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