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title: "3 Downside Risk Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Downside Risk quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Downside Risk sayings and thoughts."
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> [It is way less certain to be a wonderful business in the future. The threat is alternative mediums of information. Every newspaper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-munger/it-is-way-less-certain-to-be-a-wonderful-business-in-the-future-the/)

[Charlie Munger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-munger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d0/charlie-munger-458_advantage_it-is-way-less-certain-to-be-a-wonderful_59627.jpg)

> [I always tell other people to protect against the downside, and not risk roughing on new ventures, but I never stuck to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-branson/i-always-tell-other-people-to-protect-against-the-downside-and-not/)

[Richard Branson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-branson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/729/richard-branson-256_new-ventures_i-always-tell-other-people-to-protect-ag_1569553.jpg)

> [So one way to create an attractive risk/reward situation is to limit downside risk severely by investing in situations that have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-greenblatt/so-one-way-to-create-an-attractive-risk-reward-situation-is-to-limit/)

[Joel Greenblatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-greenblatt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d7/joel-greenblatt-21588_alternatives_so-one-way-to-create-an-attractive-risk_2693771.png)

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