In this business if you're good, you're right six times out of ten. You're never going to be right nine times out… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
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 Image
If you can't find any companies that you think are attractive, put your money in the bank until you discover some. — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
Investing is fun and exciting, but dangerous if you don't do any work. — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
You have to keep your priorities straight if you plan to do well in stocks. — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
If you spend more than 13 minutes analyzing economic and market forecasts, you've wasted 10 minutes — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
If you have the stomach for stocks, but neither the time nor the inclination to do the homework, invest in equity mutual… — 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
If you can find a company that can get away with raising prices year after year without losing customers (an addictive product… — 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
Imagine if you borrowed your parents' car without permission and ran it into a tree, how much better you'd feel if you… — 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
Everyone has the brainpower to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach. If you are susceptible to selling everything in… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
Searching for companies is like looking for grubs under rocks: if you turn over 10 rocks you'll likely find one grub; if… — 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
If you're lucky enough to have been rewarded in life to the degree that I have, there comes a point at which… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
If you can follow only one bit of data, follow the earnings - assuming the company in question has earnings. I subscribe… — 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
A price drop in a good stock is only a tragedy if you sell at that price and never buy more. To… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
Stocks are a safe bet, but only if you stay invested long enough to ride out the corrections. — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
I can't recall ever once having seen the name of a market timer on Forbes' annual list of the richest people in… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
If you're prepared to invest in a company, then you ought to be able to explain why in simple language that a… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
If you hope to have more money tomorrow than you have today, you've got to put a chunk of your assets into… — 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
