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I think investing in a good education has been key for me, although the investment was more in time than money.
...theories should be judged by their ability to predict events rather than by the realism of their assumptions.
Maryland schools succeed because we have never stopped investing in our students and doing the things that work.
Whenever there is a conflict between universal principles and self-interest, self-interest is likely to prevail.
Finding good partners is the key to success in anything: in business, in marriage and, especially, in investing.
It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought.
Life is a tightrope between two errors: generalizing the wrong particular and particularizing the wrong general.
I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said.
Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
There is a close logical connection between the concept of a safety margin and the principle of diversification.
Equity mutual funds are the perfect solution for people who want to own stocks without doing their own research.
By loving yourself, you're going to be a happy person. A lot of people don't like themselves for whatever reason.
It's nonsensical to derive a price/earnings ratio by dividing the known current price by unknown future earnings.
In investing it is never wrong to change your mind. It is only wrong to change your mind and do nothing about it.
Since a relationship involves two members investing in it, its value increases twice as fast as one's investment.
Before selling, try to re-evaluate the company again and see where the stock sells in realtion to its book value.
A great investment opportunity occurs when a marvelous business encounters a one-time huge, but solvable problem.
A lot of companies have lots of assets tied up in plant and equipment. Well, is it old plant, or is it new plant?
Wall Street has a few prudent principles; the trouble is that they are always forgotten when they are most needed.
Always consider investing in a grade-A man with a grade-B idea. Never invest in a grade-B man with a grade-A idea.
If you can't find any companies that you think are attractive, put your money in the bank until you discover some.
The purpose of investing is not to simply optimise returns and make yourself rich. The purpose is not to die poor.
Wall Street is littered with the bones of those who knew just what to do, but could not bring themselves to do it.
Investors avoid investing in a region where some elements cause political instability by their so-called movements.
The critical investment factor is determining the intrinsic value of a business and paying a fair or bargain price.
Always remember that market quotations are there for convenience, either to be taken advantage of or to be ignored.
Occasions when you can change your mind should be cherished, because they mean you're smarter than you were before.
Diversification is a protection against ignorance. It makes very little sense for those who know what they're doing.
We basically followed the idea of buying comapnies selling below working-capital - at two thirds of working-capital.
The more you talk about investing problems, the worse you feel. Instead of complaining, it's better to do something.
Be extra careful when buying into companies and industries that are the current darlings of the financial community.
Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it ... he who doesn't ... pays it.
We like to buy stocks which we feel are undervalued and then we have to have the guts to buy more when they go down.
Nasdaq is investing in the technologies, talent, and capabilities that solve the complex challenges our clients face.
The world of finance hails the invention of the wheel over and over again, often in a slightly more unstable version.
Much success can be attributed to inactivity. Most investors cannot resist the temptation to constantly buy and sell.
I think that one should recognize reality even when one doesn't like it; indeed, especially when one doesn't like it.
In the long run, investing is not about markets at all. Investing is about enjoying the returns earned by businesses.
I've had a very good stretch with startup investing, and I think it's very important to know when to hold your chips.
It's amazing how difficult it is for a man to understand something if he's paid a small fortune not to understand it.
You can find good reasons to scuttle your equities in every morning paper and on every broadcast of the nightly news.
The intellectual and social climate needed to allow entrepreneurship to thrive will not exist in advanced capitalism.
If you are shopping for common stocks, choose them the way you would buy groceries, not the way you would buy perfume.
We have a mentoring and angel investing programme. We are also talking to the government to help create a VC industry.
I think people underrate the importance of investing in your communication skills as a way to progress in your career.
Diversity is essential to happiness and in Utopia there is hardly any. This is a defect in all planned social systems.
For Unilever, investing in women is an imperative. The business and social cases for doing so are inextricably linked.
Governments like China and the United Arab Emirates are investing heavily in AI and see it as a competitive advantage.
If your broker or investment advisor is not familiar with the concept of standard deviation of returns, get a new one.
If the governments devalue the currency in order to betray all creditors, you politely call this procedure 'inflation'.