Investing Quotes

You must never delude yourself into thinking that you’re investing when you’re speculating.

We define a bargain issue as one which, on the basis of facts established by analysis, appears to be worth considerably more that it is selling for.

Speculative stock movements are carried too far in both directions, frequently in the general market and at all times in at least some of the individual issues.

The chief losses to investors come from the purchase of low-quality securities at times of favorable business conditions.

Always buy your straw hats in the Winter

The true investor… will do better if he forgets about the stock market and pays attention to his dividend returns and to the operation results of his companies.

To see how much a company is truly earning on the capital it deploys in its businesses, look beyond EPS to Return on Invested Capital (ROIC).

Nothing important on Wall Street can be counted on to occur exactly in the same way as it happened before.

Always remember that market quotations are there for convenience, either to be taken advantage of or to be ignored.

It is absurd to think that the general public can ever make money out of market forecasts.