Top 145 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Investors - Page 3

By setting up Berkshire Hathaway, Warren has done everything very rationally.

Be aware of the level of the stock market. Are yields low and PE ratios high?

Psychology is probably the most important factor in the market - and one that is least understood.

Experience teaches us that when "everyone" comes to the same conclusion, that conclusion is just about always wrong.

There's never been a better time to be an NBA owner

I agree with Warren to keep it simple and not use higher mathematics in your analysis.

I found that it was much better to look at the figures rather than people.

Real investors should never feel bearish because the time to buy value is when markets go down!

Fear and greed tend to affect one's judgement.

Sell is tough. It's the worst, it's the most difficult thing of all.

In the age of information, ignorance is a choice. Question everything. Don't believe everything you hear. Come to your own conclusions.

There is nothing more exciting than playing in a building with the college vibe. It's something that I wanted to be a part of. This doesn't exist anywhere else in the league. It's a great tool to help us keep great players and bring in incredible players.

I paraphrase Lord Rothschild: ‘The time to buy is when there's blood on the streets.'

I find it helpful to buy near the low of the last few years.

We don't put the same amount of money in each stock.

Timidity prompted by past failures causes investors to miss the most important bull markets.

Demanding immediate success invariably leads to playing the fads or fashions currently performing well rather than investing on a solid basis. A course of investment, once charted, should be given time to work out. Patience is a crucial but rare investment commodity.

Managements, you know, often think of themselves.

I tried to follow Ben Graham's ideas.

Have patience. Stocks don't go up immediately.

Nobody beats the market, they say. Except for those of those of us who do.

Remember that a share of stock represents a part of a business and is not just a piece of paper.

We basically followed the idea of buying comapnies selling below working-capital - at two thirds of working-capital.

Use book value as a starting point to try and establish the value of the enterprise.

For some, a sign of your success starts with, 'I'm going to buy a big house.' Then, 'I'm going to start buying art.' And 'Oh, I want a sports team.' We need the WNBA to be that aspirational - you make it as a big time female entrepreneur or executive and you say, 'You know, my dream has always been to own a WNBA team.'