--- title: "4 Experts Quotes By Peter Lynch" description: "4 Experts quotes by Peter Lynch. Plus more from Peter Lynch and more Experts sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27c/peter-lynch-2902_consistency_thousands-of-experts-study-overbought-in_1709460.png" --- > [Thousands of experts study overbought indicators, oversold indicators, head-and-shoulder patterns, put-call ratios, the Fed's policy on money supply, foreign investment, the movement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lynch/thousands-of-experts-study-overbought-indicators-oversold-indicators/) [Peter Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-lynch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27c/peter-lynch-2902_consistency_thousands-of-experts-study-overbought-in_1709460.png) > [Twenty years in this business convinces me that any normal person using the customary three percent of the brain can pick stocks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lynch/twenty-years-in-this-business-convinces-me-that-any-normal-person/) [Peter Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-lynch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ea/peter-lynch-2902_average_twenty-years-in-this-business-convinces_2697760.png) > [Your investor's edge is not something you get from Wall Street experts. It's something you already have. You can outperform the experts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lynch/your-investor-s-edge-is-not-something-you-get-from-wall-street/) [Peter Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-lynch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b2/peter-lynch-2902_company_your-investor-s-edge-is-not-something-yo_2716477.png) > [Average investors can become experts in their own field and can pick winning stocks as effectively as Wall Street professionals by doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lynch/average-investors-can-become-experts-in-their-own-field-and-can-pick/) [Peter Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-lynch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/769/peter-lynch-2902_average_average-investors-can-become-experts-in_3143746.jpg) ## Other authors on Experts - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jay-leno-47716.jpg) Jay Leno 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experts/jay-leno/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experts/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-simon-sinek-85514.jpg) Simon Sinek 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experts/simon-sinek/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experts/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-daniel-kahneman-26483.jpg) Daniel Kahneman 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experts/daniel-kahneman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mary-parker-follett-65139.jpg) Mary Parker Follett 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experts/mary-parker-follett/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experts/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dave-barry-27009.jpg) Dave Barry 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experts/dave-barry/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sun-tzu-87907.jpg) Sun Tzu 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experts/sun-tzu/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-shunryu-suzuki-85213.jpg) Shunryu Suzuki 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experts/shunryu-suzuki/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-marshall-mcluhan-64589.jpg) Marshall McLuhan 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experts/marshall-mcluhan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jimmy-fallon-49968.jpg) Jimmy Fallon 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experts/jimmy-fallon/) ## More by Peter Lynch > [If a picture is worth a thousand words, in business, so is a number.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lynch/if-a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words-in-business-so-is-a-number/) [Peter Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-lynch/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lynch/the-old-wall-street-adage-never-invest-in-anything-that-eats-or-needs/) [Peter Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-lynch/) > [You just don't know when you can find the bottom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lynch/you-just-don-t-know-when-you-can-find-the-bottom/) [Peter Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-lynch/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lynch/i-think-you-have-to-learn-that-there-s-a-company-behind-every-stock/) [Peter Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-lynch/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lynch/if-you-re-prepared-to-invest-in-a-company-then-you-ought-to-be-able/) [Peter Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-lynch/) > [“In other words, I continue to think like an amateur as frequently as possible. GOING IT ALONE”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lynch/in-other-words-i-continue-to-think-like-an-amateur-as-frequently-as/) [Peter Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-lynch/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lynch/absent-a-lot-of-surprises-stocks-are-relatively-predictable-over/) [Peter Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-lynch/) > [A lot of people got in at the wrong time. A lot of people did very well and some people said, "This is it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lynch/a-lot-of-people-got-in-at-the-wrong-time-a-lot-of-people-did-very/) [Peter Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-lynch/) > [All you need for a lifetime of successful investing is a few big winners, and the pluses from those will overwhelm the minuses from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lynch/all-you-need-for-a-lifetime-of-successful-investing-is-a-few-big/) [Peter Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-lynch/) > [Owning stocks is like having children - don't get involved with more than you can handle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lynch/owning-stocks-is-like-having-children-don-t-get-involved-with-more/) [Peter Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-lynch/) > [When you sell in desperation, you always sell cheap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lynch/when-you-sell-in-desperation-you-always-sell-cheap/) [Peter Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-lynch/) > [“Remember, things are never clear until it’s too late.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lynch/remember-things-are-never-clear-until-it-s-too-late/) [Peter Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-lynch/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lynch/long-term-investing-has-gotten-so-popular-it-s-easier-to-admit-you-re/) [Peter Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-lynch/) > [Don't bottom fish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lynch/don-t-bottom-fish/) [Peter Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-lynch/) > [It would be wonderful if we could avoid the setbacks with timely exits, but nobody has figured out how to predict them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lynch/it-would-be-wonderful-if-we-could-avoid-the-setbacks-with-timely/) [Peter Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-lynch/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experts/peter-lynch/#itemlist", "name": "4 Experts Quotes By Peter Lynch", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Thousands of experts study overbought indicators, oversold indicators, head-and-shoulder patterns, put-call ratios, the Fed's policy on money supply, foreign investment, the movement of the constellations through the heavens, and the moss on oak trees, and they can't predict markets with any useful consistency, any more than the gizzard squeezers could tell the Roman emperors when the Huns would attack.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Peter Lynch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lynch/thousands-of-experts-study-overbought-indicators-oversold-indicators/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27c/peter-lynch-2902_consistency_thousands-of-experts-study-overbought-in_1709460.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27c/peter-lynch-2902_consistency_thousands-of-experts-study-overbought-in_1709460.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27c/peter-lynch-2902_consistency_thousands-of-experts-study-overbought-in_1709460.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Thousands of experts study overbought indicators, oversold indicators, head-and-shoulder patterns, put-call…” — Peter Lynch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Twenty years in this business convinces me that any normal person using the customary three percent of the brain can pick stocks just as well, if not better, than the average Wall Street expert.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Peter Lynch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lynch/twenty-years-in-this-business-convinces-me-that-any-normal-person/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ea/peter-lynch-2902_average_twenty-years-in-this-business-convinces_2697760.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ea/peter-lynch-2902_average_twenty-years-in-this-business-convinces_2697760.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ea/peter-lynch-2902_average_twenty-years-in-this-business-convinces_2697760.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Twenty years in this business convinces me that any normal person using the customary three percent of the…” — Peter Lynch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Your investor's edge is not something you get from Wall Street experts. 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