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operated by trust companies and banks in many states; or, if his funds are substantial, use the services of a recognized investment-counsel firm.
Benjamin Graham • The Intelligent Investor, Rev. Ed (Collins Business Essentials)
Above all, remember (again, courtesy of Warren Buffett), “What the wise man does in the beginning, the fool does in the end.” Or, as the Oracle of Omaha sometimes expresses it, “There are three i’s in every cycle: first the innovator, then the imitator, and finally the idiot.” No matter what fund managers may offer you, don’t you be the idiot.
John C. Bogle • Enough: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life
Although the Oppenheimer Fund was never number one in any given year, over its first ten years, it had the best performance record of any mutual fund in the country, according to The New York Times.
Eugene Linden • The Mind of Wall Street: A Legendary Financier on the Perils of Greed and the Mysteries of the Market
Finally, if you look at the wealth management business, you’ll find just about everyone chasing the same demographic segment: the high-net-worth individual. Not Edward Jones, one of the consistently most successful U.S. brokerage firms. For thirty years, it has focused on customers defined not by how much money they have, but on their attitude towa
... See moreJoan Magretta • Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy
Any service that systematically updates stocks can help. I'd go through new editions of Value Line every week. I don't read, much less follow, the valuations or predictions. I studied the numbers.
John Neff • John Neff on Investing
investor should demand, in addition, a satisfactory ratio of earnings to price, a sufficiently strong financial position, and the prospect that its earnings will at least be maintained over the years.
Benjamin Graham • The Intelligent Investor, Rev. Ed (Collins Business Essentials)
The true investor . . . will do better if he forgets about the stock market and pays attention to his dividend returns and to the operating results of his companies.
John C. Bogle • The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns (Little Books. Big Profits)
When a boxer in the ring finally has an opening and lands a powerful punch, he must always follow up his advantage . . . if he wants to win.
William J. O'Neil • How to Make Money in Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times and Bad, Fourth Edition
Steve Birch, another of our in-house money managers, started managing money earlier. He took advantage of the roaring bull market of the late 1990s and protected most of his gains by going mainly to cash in the bear market. Between 1998 and 2003, he had gained over 1,300%.