Being captive to quarterly earnings isn't consistent with long-term value creation. This pressure and the short term focus of equity markets make… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
The Depression, which started in 1929 was rather mild from 1929 to 1930. And, indeed, in my opinion would have been over… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
As an entrepreneur, you are constantly playing in uncharted territory, and sometimes things don't work out. That doesn't mean you failed; it… — Jesse Itzler Copy Share Image
Investors are impatient and they are also desperate for the 'next big thing,' and they are not paying attention to the fact… — Carmen Busquets Copy Share Image
Companies die because their managers focus on the economic activity of producing goods and services, and they forget that their organizations' true… — Arie de Geus Copy Share Image
Credit default swap is basically just an agreement that I have with you, where I sell you insurance on some bond you… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
I love Vanguard. Sony was great too, but it was a different animal, it was so big. It's hard to get the… — Shawn Mullins Copy Share Image
True marketing starts...with the customer, his demographics, his realities, his needs, his values. It does not ask, "What do we want to… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
“Usually an upbeat affair, the BCA conference in 2006 proved disturbing. Harvard professor Niall Ferguson asked a strange question: Why hadn’t the… — Danielle DiMartino Booth Copy Share Image
“This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Inappropriate macro economic policies in some economies, characterised by [a] low savings rate and high consumption [and] failure of financial supervision and… — Wen Jiabao Copy Share Image
Brands are faced with the daily challenge of massively scaling their outreach in order to build personal relationships. While this may seem… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
“It’s easy to see why the undervalued stocks were undervalued. Profits fell 30 percent in three years before they were picked. Investors… — Tobias Carlisle Copy Share Image
Buffett does enjoy being a billionaire, but in offbeat ways. As he put it, though money cannot change your health or how… — Roger Lowenstein Copy Share Image
“Retailers have to generate increased sales in each location to justify the investment, and every manufacturer has to demonstrate how their brands… — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
We think it would be safer if the Bank of England had responsibility for solvency regulation of UK-based banks, as well as… — John Redwood Copy Share Image
Choosing individual stocks without any idea of what you're looking for is like running through a dynamite factory with a burning match.… — Joel Greenblatt Copy Share Image
We talk a lot in Silicon Valley about product pipelines and sales pipelines, but what about talent pipelines? It is, after all,… — Ken Xie Copy Share Image
I find it funny that people who didn't think there was any inflation in the pipeline are now talking about stagflation. This… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
I hate it when people call themselves 'entrepreneurs' when what they're really trying to do is launch a startup and then sell… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
People do not mind people who try things and fail. If you're a good entrepreneur, you're not going to succeed in every… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
The latter part of bull markets are typically led by stocks that are seen then as high quality, but the ones that… — Kenneth Fisher Copy Share Image
You can look at the cost structure of an incumbent company and discover: where are they not going to be able to… — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
I think the bailouts in 2008 were wrong. And I think, you look in hindsight, it was a lot of misinformation that… — Steve Bannon Copy Share Image
Bad as "independence" is, the main fault of the Federal Reserve System - an admirable system if conducted in the public interest… — Wright Patman Copy Share Image
To try to cure unemployment by inflation rather than by adjustment of specific wage-rates is like trying to adjust the piano to… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
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Your customers are only satisfied because their expectations are so low and because no one else is doing better. Just having satisfied… — Ken Blanchard Copy Share Image
There is a kind of a cascading chain, ... If one can't sell, then that business doesn't buy and that means the… — Alan Blinder Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurs can't forecast accurately, because they are trying something fundamentally new. So they will often be laughably behind plan - and on… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
A true bubble is when something is overvalued and intensely believed. Education may be the only thing people still believe in in… — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
Beginners focus on analysis, but professionals operate in a three dimensional space. They are aware of trading psychology their own feelings and… — Alexander Elder Copy Share Image
The margin for making mistakes has gotten much smaller. In a commodity economy, it's hard to kill off your business. You still… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
“The World’s Columbian Exposition opened on May 1; on May 9, a banking crisis began, which led to a national economic depression… — Vladimir Alexandrov Copy Share Image
Consumer spending is now plunging at serious-recession rate ... even if the rescue now in train succeeds in unfreezing credit markets, the… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
The luxury customer is increasingly global and increasingly mobile. Their brand journey is not linear. They might browse online and purchase in… — Angela Ahrendts Copy Share Image
The recipe for success . . . customers will get what they want, when they want it . . . you will… — Martin Zwilling Copy Share Image
Creating demand is hard. Filling demand is easier. Don't create a product, then seek someone to sell it to. Find a market… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
"Average" isn't so hot at the race track given those steep track takes. "Average" is pretty decent for stocks, something like 6… — William Poundstone Copy Share Image
Even defensive portfolios should be changed from time to time, especially if the securities purchased have an apparently excessive advance and can… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image