Stock market bubbles don’t grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception.
GEORGE SOROSThe main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat.
More George Soros Quotes
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Misconceptions play a prominent role in my view of the world.
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There is always a divergence between our perception and what actually exists.
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The global crisis is caused by pathologies inherent in the global financial system itself.
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My approach works not by making valid predictions but by allowing me to correct false ones.
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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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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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Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected.
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Markets can influence the events that they anticipate.
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Start by assuming the market is always wrong, so if you copy everybody else on Wall Street, you’re doomed to do poorly.
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The collapse of the global marketplace would be a traumatic event with unimaginable consequences. Yet I find it easier to imagine than the continuation of the present regime.
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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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If I had to sum up my practical skills, I would use one word: survival. And operating a hedge fund utilized my training in survival to the fullest.
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The strength of this country lies in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights and the freedom of speech and thought.
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My sense of insecurity keeps me alert, always ready to correct my errors.
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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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