People have little idea, by and large, of the investment world. They are convinced they have an advantage. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
There are downsides to implicitly trusting banks, as the 2008 financial crisis showed. — Balaji Srinivasan Copy Share Image
We don't want our customer to be advertising our name: we believe that the customer today is aware and wants to choose.… — Maurizio Gucci Copy Share Image
Certain product lines are more suited to be manufactured in proximity with the customer, while others are more suitable to be manufactured… — Azim Premji Copy Share Image
Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same price. — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
“Product distinctions, the historic centerpiece of product marketing, exist only briefly—and in the prospects’ minds, often not at all.” — Harry Beckwith Copy Share Image
“our environment is much stronger than our intellect. Remarkably few investors—either amateur or professional—truly understand this critical point.” — Guy Spier Copy Share Image
There really isn't a recovery, and no signs of it on the horizon, because people have to pay the banks. It's a… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
You're having government spending on the economy being cut almost everywhere. That means that the only source of spending for growth has… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
Many LBOs are man-made disasters. When the price paid is excessive, the equity portion of an LBO is really an out-of-the-money call… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
After the 1929 crash, the Federal Reserve mistakenly focused its policies on preserving the gold value of the dollar rather than on… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
When a stock doubles, sell half - then what you have is a free position. Then it becomes more of an art… — Peter Cundill Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to even try to begin to describe our customer, as I think she likes a certain amount of anonymity.… — Phoebe Philo Copy Share Image
The ability to change one's mind is probably a key characteristic of the successful investor. Dogmatic and rigid personalities rarely, if ever,… — Jack D. Schwager Copy Share Image
“They don't try to trade 'reality', they try to trade other people's perceptions of reality. If a market is dominated by enough… — Brett Scott Copy Share Image
'Too big to fail' is fine for restaurant chains. If Denny's fails, it's fine for this economy. You can always go down… — Bill Foster Copy Share Image
Percentage margins are not one of the things we are seeking to optimize. It’s the absolute dollar free cash flow per share… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
As time goes on, I get more and more convinced that the right method in investment is to put fairly large sums… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
While no one wishes to incur losses, you couldn't prove it from an examination of the behavior of most investors and speculators.… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
You settled a debt instead of paying in full will stay on your credit report for as long as the individual accounts… — Jean Chatzky Copy Share Image
Your solution for a customer has to be either amazingly valuable to someone who will pay an enormous amount of money for… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
The problem is that you're creating a system of bubble finance where interest rates are so low that people can speculate. An… — David Stockman Copy Share Image
In the 40 years I've been working as an economist and investor, I have never seen such a disconnect between the asset… — Marc Faber Copy Share Image
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Same way we have enough money to bail out Wall Street, we need to put a down payment on Main Street. — Nina Turner Copy Share Image
“In a startup, the purpose of analytics is to find your way to the right product and market before the money runs… — Alistair Croll Copy Share Image
If you look after the customers and look after the people who look after the customers, you should be successful. — Charles Dunstone Copy Share Image
If companies don't know that they can run out of money, they won't be thinking of ways not to run out of… — Bill Gross Copy Share Image
My first customer is myself. When I tell a story I like, I can sleep easy. I'm sorry when audiences don't like… — Lina Wertmuller Copy Share Image
If the last hundred years of market cycles teaches anything, it's that one can't be a great equity investor without also being… — Joel Litman Copy Share Image
We want a direct relationship with our customers. To build a business and sell products to them. — Tim Sweeney Copy Share Image
When yields on corporate bonds are lower than dividends on stocks, that unnerves me. — Lloyd Blankfein Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurs don't believe the future is predictable - but they do believe that they can create the future themselves. — Max McKeown Copy Share Image
Increases in money supply are what constitute inflation, and a general rise in prices is the symptom. — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
I have mutual funds. I have a lot of individual stocks. I'm across the board, really well diversified. — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of investors, be thay large or small: those who don't know where the market is headed, and those… — William J. Bernstein Copy Share Image
Listen to market strategists, and a word that comes up a lot these days is 'volatility.' — Kelly Evans Copy Share Image
Banking is a very treacherous business because you don't realize it is risky until it is too late. It is like calm… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
The most important key to successful investing can be summed up in just two words-asset allocation. — Michael LeBoeuf Copy Share Image
“Companies with pronounceable names do better than others for the first week after the stock is issued,” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
