If you can't find any companies that you think are attractive, put your money in the bank until you discover some. — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
There's a company behind every stock and a reason companies - and their stocks - perform the way they do. — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
I like to buy a company any fool can manage because eventually one will. — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
Never invest in a company without understanding its finances. The biggest losses in stocks come from companies with poor balance sheets. — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
Nobody can predict interest rates, the future direction of the economy or the stock market. Dismiss all such forecasts and concentrate on… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
I think you have to learn that there's a company behind every stock, and that there's only one real reason why stocks… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
The stock market really isn't a gamble, as long as you pick good companies that you think will do well, and not… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
If you can find a company that can get away with raising prices year after year without losing customers (an addictive product… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
There is always something to worry about. Avoid weekend thinking and ignoring the latest dire predictions of the newscasters. Sell a stock… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
Searching for companies is like looking for grubs under rocks: if you turn over 10 rocks you'll likely find one grub; if… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
The basic story remains simple and never-ending. Stocks aren't lottery tickets. There's a company attached to every share. — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
I talk to hundreds of companies a year and spend hour after hour in heady pow-wows with CEOs, financial analysts and my… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
There's no use diversifying into unknown companies just for the sake of diversity. A foolish diversity is the hobgoblin of small investors.… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
So while I was in college I did a little study on the freight industry, the air freight industry. And I looked… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
If you can follow only one bit of data, follow the earnings - assuming the company in question has earnings. I subscribe… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
Often, there is no correlation between the success of a company's operations and the success of its stock over a few months… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
What makes stocks valuable in the long run isn't the market. It's the profitability of the shares in the companies you own.… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
Logic is the subject that has helped me most in picking stocks, if only because it taught me to identify the peculiar… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
If you're prepared to invest in a company, then you ought to be able to explain why in simple language that a… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
The worst thing you can do is invest in companies you know nothing about. Unfortunately, buying stocks on ignorance is still a… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
Your investor's edge is not something you get from Wall Street experts. It's something you already have. You can outperform the experts… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
“The old Wall Street adage "never invest in anything that eats or needs repairs" may apply to racehorses, but it's malarkey when it comes… — Peter Lynch Copy Share
I think you have to learn that there's a company behind every stock, and that there's only one real reason why stocks go up.… — Peter Lynch Copy Share
If you're prepared to invest in a company, then you ought to be able to explain why in simple language that a fifth grader… — Peter Lynch Copy Share
“In other words, I continue to think like an amateur as frequently as possible. GOING IT ALONE” — Peter Lynch Copy Share
Absent a lot of surprises, stocks are relatively predictable over twenty years. As to whether they're going to be higher or lower in two… — Peter Lynch Copy Share
A lot of people got in at the wrong time. A lot of people did very well and some people said, "This is it.… — Peter Lynch Copy Share
All you need for a lifetime of successful investing is a few big winners, and the pluses from those will overwhelm the minuses from… — Peter Lynch Copy Share
Owning stocks is like having children - don't get involved with more than you can handle. — Peter Lynch Copy Share
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 Copy Share
It would be wonderful if we could avoid the setbacks with timely exits, but nobody has figured out how to predict them. — Peter Lynch Copy Share
