A Quote by Seth Klarman

The single greatest edge an investor can have is a long-term orientation.

Seth Klarman

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Seth Klarman
American - Author
Born: May 21, 1957

I can't figure the stock market out. I think it's wacky. I have done well with a long-term strategy and will continue being a long-term investor.

Scott McNealy

The strategy of buying what's in favor is a fool's errand, ensuring long-term underperformance. Only by standing against the prevailing winds - selectively, but resolutely - can an investor prosper over time. But for a while, a value investor typically underperforms.

Seth Klarman

Long-term investing has gotten so popular, it's easier to admit you're a crack addict than to admit you're a short-term investor.

Peter Lynch

My advice to the average investor in 1988 is to be patient and think long-term. It will take 18 months for confidence to get better and, in the meantime, this is absolutely no place for short-term money.

Louis Navellier

The finance world in general is very, very complicated and there are so many different things that need to be evaluated, but I think at the end of the day, the most important thing is how you want to invest your money - if you want to be a short-term, mid-term or long-term investor.

Danilo Gallinari

We're getting hurt, but I'm a long-term investor.

Al-Waleed bin Talal

It is the duty of the long-term investor to endure great losses with equanimity.

John Maynard Keynes

If you're going to invest in an Internet stock, you must be a long-term investor.

Jeff Bezos

I'm such a long-term investor, I've never really let go and celebrated what I did with the Hubble telescope.

Story Musgrave

Having clients with a long-term orientation is crucial. Nothing else is as important to the success of an investment firm.

Seth Klarman

The historical data support one conclusion with unusual force: To invest with success, you must be a long-term investor.

John C. Bogle

The person who I admire most in business is Warren Buffett. He is a long-term investor and has brilliant ideas, and he sticks to them.

Bernard Arnault

Pressure to produce over the short term - a gun to the head of everyone - encourages excessive risk taking which manifests itself in several ways - fully invested posture at all times, the use of leverage, and a market centric orientation that makes it difficult to stand apart from the crowd and take a long term perspective.

Seth Klarman

The most important thing that a company can do in the midst of this economic turmoil is to not lose sight of the long-term perspective. Don't confuse the short-term crises with the long-term trends. Amidst all of these short-term change are some fundamental structural transformations happening in the economy, and the best way to stay in business is to not allow the short-term distractions to cause you to ignore what is happening in the long term.