More money is lost anticipating the changes in the overall stock market than any other way of investing. — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
A stock market decline is as routine as a January blizzard in Colorado. If you're prepared, it can't hurt you. A decline… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
The most important organ in the body as far as the stock market is concerned is the guts, not the head. Anyone… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
All the math you need in the stock market you get in the fourth grade. — 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
You get recessions, you have stock market declines. If you don't understand that's going to happen, then you're not ready, you won't… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
Everyone has the brainpower to follow the stock market. If you made it through fifth-grade math, you can do it. — 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
“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
