Studying economics is not a good preparation for dealing with it.
GEORGE SOROSFundamental 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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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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I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society.
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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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If the bubbles contain a misconception, as they always do, then it can’t be maintained forever.
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The trouble with institutional investors is that their performance is usually measured relative to their peer group and not by an absolute yardstick. This makes them trend followers by definition.
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When interest rates are low we have conditions for asset bubbles to develop, and they are developing at the moment. The ultimate asset bubble is gold.
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No 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.
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To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.
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I’m only rich because I know when I’m wrong…I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes.
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There is no point in being confident and having a small position.
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It is sort of a disease when you consider yourself some kind of god, the creator of everything, but I feel comfortable about it now since I began to live it out.
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My main concern is with the world order.
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Increase your bets when you are confident and scale down your positions when you don’t have conviction.
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It is credit that matters, not money (in other words, monetarism is a false ideology).
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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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