Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected.
GEORGE SOROSThe 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.
More George Soros Quotes
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Short term volatility is greatest at turning points and diminishes as a trend becomes established.
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Political debate is more interested in manipulating the truth, than finding the truth.
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Studying economics is not a good preparation for dealing with it.
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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 sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions.
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There is very little difference between speculation and investment. The only difference is basically that investments are successful speculations because if you successfully anticipate the future you make a speculative profit.
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Find the trend whose premise is false, and bet against it.
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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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The scope for improvement is infinite, precisely because perfection is unattainable.
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The reality is that financial markets are self-destabilizing; occasionally they tend toward disequilibrium, not equilibrium.
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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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I fancied myself as some kind of god or an economic reformer like Keynes.
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My main concern is with the world order.
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Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.
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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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