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You don't make money when you buy stocks. And you don't make money when you sell stocks. You make money by waiting.
U.S. stocks did not recoil from Trump's electoral victory, instead setting a record for election-to-year-end gains.
In its pure crystalline form, MSG can be added to soups, stews, sauces, and stocks to add a rounded, savory flavor.
Marine protected areas, and particularly no-take zones, are very effective in allowing regeneration of fish stocks.
I spend about half of my time wondering why I have so much in stocks and about half wondering why I have so little.
In the 1920s you could buy stocks on margin. You could put 10 percent down and borrow the rest against your stocks.
No one understands the impacts of shifting fish stocks more than commercial and recreational fishermen in my district.
Remember, gold and silver always have had value and never have gone to zero. Can you say the same for stocks and bonds?
My advice to most people is don't short stocks. It's a very, very difficult business. And you can really get clobbered.
I got interested in the American culture war back in 2004, and it's one of the only growth stocks I've ever invested in.
We've got fuel prices coming down and good travel numbers coming out, so it's not surprising airline stocks are going up.
Mutual funds were created to make investing easy, so consumers wouldn't have to be burdened with picking individual stocks.
Sometimes it takes longer to create value, but if the companies generate more earnings, the stocks will ultimately reflect that.
In the summer of 1990, I was buying stocks and I was probably three or four months early there. But we had a great rally in 1991.
The trend of the market is up, not down. Shorting stocks puts you against that trend and thus makes it more difficult to make money.
I haven't changed any of my investments since I've been in the Senate and haven't purchased any stocks since I've been in the Senate.
Mutual funds have historically offered safety and diversification. And they spare you the responsibility of picking individual stocks.
People often panic when the markets go down and sell off their stocks - but then they aren't in the game when the markets are doing well.
Investors have been too willing to buy stocks with strong reported earnings, even if they do not understand how the earnings are produced.
I don't think it makes any sense for an individual to invest in common stocks unless they know the company, work at the company, and so on.
The ability to select stocks, manage them over time and know when to sell them is incredibly difficult, even for professional fund managers.
I was a workaholic. I never stopped. I lived in fifth gear. I bought cars. I invested in stocks. I made more money than I had ever imagined.
We generate a ludicrous amount of trades in $1 to $5 stocks. Because we're free, we're the only place where you can day trade stuff like that.
It is almost always a bad idea to use a reverse mortgage to pay for a vacation or to buy a risky investment, like stocks or deferred annuities.
Fundamentally cheap stocks are often held in low regard by market participants. Something may be tainting their perception in investors' minds.
To know whether stocks are cheap or pricey, we typically look at price-to-earnings ratio. Valuation is a tougher question than many folks realize.
I think the fun of following the movie box office and stocks is very similar to the fun of sports - all three combine passion and unpredictability.
When we had the 'flash crash' in 2010, where the price of some stocks briefly fell to zero, high-frequency trading played a big role in that event.
Warren Buffett is famous for talking about the 'intrinsic value' of stocks. But while many people parrot this phrase, few know what it really means.
Corporate executives often buy or sell shares in their companies, and stocks rarely rise or fall significantly when those transactions are reported.
Regardless of what the future holds, intelligent investment in common stocks offer a solid route for a reasonable return on investment going forward.
Trying to pick individual stocks is a trap. I can't do it. Warren Buffett can, but hardly anyone else can beat the indexes over a long period of time.
I'm shorting two stocks in the U.K., but I've got a screen of about 50, and I might short all 50 if I think Jeremy Corbyn is going to be prime minister.
Do not buy the hype from Wall St. and the press that stocks always go up. There are long periods when stocks do nothing and other investments are better.
Truth be told, most financial television bores me. Two or more people discussing the latest economic trends or hot stocks is not especially entertaining.
You know, a balance-sheet is like a bikini, it shows more but it hides what is vital. I learnt to read a balance sheet and then I got fascinated by stocks.
Jazz musicians don't make any money, so I might as well make some on the market. I pick my own stocks - Microsoft, Dell - the tech stocks, the breadwinners.
Tech stocks are trading at a 30-year-low when compared to the multiples of industrials (companies). It's the weirdest bubble when everyone hates everything.
I don't think that's changed at all. I think there are a thousand stocks out there that could make you rich, totally independent of what you do for a living.
Lower interest rates are usually considered good for stocks because they lower the cost of borrowing and make bonds a less attractive alternative investment.
The only way one should buy stocks is if you understand the underlying business. You stay within the circle of competence. You buy businesses you understand.
Leeks are normally given the job of flavouring other things, such as stocks and soups, but I find their creaminess and sweet, oniony flavour very satisfying.
When growth is slower-than-expected, stocks go down. When inflation is higher-than-expected, bonds go down. When inflation is lower-than-expected, bonds go up.
I don't rely on off-shore tax havens, and I don't want to invest in stocks and shares as we have seen how volatile that game has been since the financial crash.
I used to trade stocks online, and I kind of felt gross, like, all I'm doing is making money off other people's creativity, and I'm not creating anything myself.
Your wealth is the value of your assets - your retirement accounts, your home, the unsold stocks - minus your debts, like your credit-card bill and your mortgage.
Even I have been at that point in my life where I thought I didn't have enough extra money laying around to start investing in stocks for my own retirement plans.
Some people, through luck and skill, end up with a lot of assets. If you're good at kicking a ball, writing software, investing in stocks, it pays extremely well.
I expect my return to be 18 to 25 percent in 1988, while the Standard & Poor's 500 should rise 8 to 12 percent and OTC stocks gain 15 percent as liquidity emerges.
As a bull market continues, almost anything you buy goes up. It makes you feel that investing in stocks is a very easy and safe and that you're a financial genius.