Quotes for All
We welcome private investment, but any company or national firm will be a partner of a venture where the result will go mainly to the Bolivian people. Of course, any investor is entitled to recover their investment and take profits. But be assured that these new functions with our partners will also be reinvested in … Read more
The amount of U.S. debt held by countries such as China and Japan is at a historic high, with foreign investors holding half of America’s publicly held debt. This dependence raises the specter that other nations will be able to influence our policies in ways antithetical to American interests. Evan Bayh
The distribution of the market is fat-tailed relative to the normal distribution… For passive investors, none of this matters, beyond being aware that outlier returns are more common than would be expected if return distributions were normal. Eugene Fama
An investor doesn’t have a prayer of picking a manager that can deliver true alpha. Eugene Fama
The efficient market theory is one of the better models in the sense that it can be taken as true for every purpose I can think of. For investment purposes, there are very few investors that shouldn’t behave as if markets are totally efficient. Eugene Fama
As an investor in small companies, I don’t care how rich Microsoft is. I care about what my opportunities are. Esther Dyson
The best investor is your customer. Esther Dyson
Apple is a wonderful company for its customers and investors. So, too, Pixar. (NeXT, not so much…) But Apple is also an engine of misery for its subcontracted Chinese workers. Eric Alterman
You lose only the things you have Epictetus
It doesn’t take much to lose everything, just a little departure from reason Epictetus