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I have been investing for 11 years
Here are 12 quotes that will make you a better investor:
1. “Far more money has been lost by investors trying to anticipate corrections, than lost in the corrections themselves.”
-Peter Lynch
2. “In the short run, the market is a voting machine. In the long run, it is a weighing machine.”
-Benjamin Graham
3. “A market downturn doesn’t bother us. It is an opportunity to increase our ownership of great companies with great management at good prices.”
-Warren Buffett
4. “You make most of your money in a bear market, you just don’t realize it at the time.”
-Shelby Davis
5. “The stock market is the story of cycles and of the human behavior that is responsible for overreactions in both directions.”
-Seth Klarman
6. “All intelligent investing is value investing — acquiring more that you are paying for. You must value the business in order to value the stock.”
-Charlie Munger
7. “If you are not willing to own a stock for 10 years, do not even think about owning it for 10 minutes.”
-Warren Buffett
8. “Although it’s easy to forget sometimes, a share is not a lottery ticket… it’s part-ownership of a business.”
-Peter Lynch
9. “The underlying principles of sound investment should not alter from decade to decade, but the application of these principles must be adapted to significant changes in the financial mechanisms and climate.”
-Benjamin Graham
10. “Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.”
-Warren Buffett
11. “Behind every stock is a company. Find out what it’s doing.”
-Peter Lynch
12. “Investing is the intersection of economics and psychology.”
-Seth Klarman
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