Markets can influence the events that they anticipate.
GEORGE SOROSIf the bubbles contain a misconception, as they always do, then it can’t be maintained forever.
More George Soros Quotes
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The world order needs a major overhaul.
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What works for Germany can’t work for the rest of Europe: No country can run a chronic surplus without others running deficits.
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My main concern is with the world order.
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I fancied myself as some kind of god or an economic reformer like Keynes.
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Every bubble consists of a trend that can be observed in the real world and a misconception relating to that trend. The two elements interact with each other in a reflexive manner.
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When a long-term trend loses it’s momentum, short-term volatility tends to rise. It is easy to see why that should be so: the trend-following crowd is disoriented.
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When money is free, the rational lender will keep on lending until there is no one else to lend to.
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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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Revolutions usually start with enthusiasm and end in tears.
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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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My sense of insecurity keeps me alert, always ready to correct my errors.
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The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I take the opposite position. I assume that markets are always wrong.
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Law has become a business. Health care has become a business. Unfortunately, politics has also become a business. That really undermines society.
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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.
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As I discovered, there is a great deal of similarity between a boom-bust process in the financial markets and the rise and fall of the Soviet system.
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