“The old Wall Street adage "never invest in anything that eats or needs repairs" may apply to racehorses, but it's malarkey when… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
“Actually Wall Street thinks just as the Greeks did. The early Greeks used to sit around for days and debate how many… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
There seems to be an unwritten rule on Wall Street: If you don't understand it, then put your life savings into it.… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
Twenty years in this business convinces me that any normal person using the customary three percent of the brain can pick stocks… — 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
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
Average investors can become experts in their own field and can pick winning stocks as effectively as Wall Street professionals by doing… — 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
