Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue profit. It's really a great invention and… — George Soros Copy Share Image
I very often used to get backaches due to the fact that I was wrong. Whenever you are wrong you have to… — George Soros Copy Share Image
We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the… — George Soros Copy Share Image
We [at Soros Fund Management] use options and more exotic derivatives sparingly. We try to catch new trends early and in later… — George Soros Copy Share Image
When you sell options, you get paid for assuming risk. That can be a profitable business, but it does not mix well… — George Soros Copy Share Image
It is credit that matters, not money (in other words, monetarism is a false ideology). — George Soros Copy Share Image
Stock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a… — George Soros Copy Share Image
I am against market fundamentalism. I think this propaganda that government involvement is always bad has been very successful - but also… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Fundamental analysis seeks to establish how underlying values are reflected in stock prices, whereas the theory of reflexivity shows how stock prices… — George Soros Copy Share Image
The dark comes before dawn. The financial markets are under great pressure because of the lack of leadership during the transition period. — George Soros Copy Share Image
A global economy is characterized not only by the free movement of goods and services but, more important, by the free movement… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Regulating and taxing marijuana would simultaneously save taxpayers billions of dollars in enforcement and incarceration costs, while providing many billions of dollars… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Taking this view, it is possible to see financial markets as a laboratory for testing hypotheses, albeit not strictly scientific ones. The… — George Soros Copy Share Image
The trouble with institutional investors is that their performance is usually measured relative to their peer group and not by an absolute… — George Soros Copy Share Image
The concept of a general equilibrium has no relevance to the real world (in other words, classical economics is an exercise in… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Whenever there is a conflict between universal principles and self-interest, self-interest is likely to prevail. — George Soros Copy Share Image
The financial markets play an active role in determining what's going to happen, how the economy is going to function. — George Soros Copy Share Image
In the case of a meltdown, the regulatory authorities may find themselves obliged to step in to preserve the integrity of the… — George Soros Copy Share Image
“The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I take the opposition position. I assume that markets are always wrong. Even… — George Soros Copy Share Image
As I discovered, there is a great deal of similarity between a boom-bust process in the financial markets and the rise and… — George Soros Copy Share Image
I think there's a lot of merit in an international economy and global markets, but they're not sufficient because markets don't look… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Merkel has realized that the euro is not working, but she cannot change the narrative she has created because that narrative has caught the… — George Soros Copy Share Image
At times of recession, running a budget deficit is highly desirable. Once the economy begins to recover, you have to balance the budget. But… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue profit. It's really a great invention and I wouldn't… — George Soros Copy Share Image
We must not forget; but we must forgive. Suffering often such compassion from the Jewish community. It was Jewish groups in the US who… — George Soros Copy Share Image
I very often used to get backaches due to the fact that I was wrong. Whenever you are wrong you have to fight or… — George Soros Copy Share Image
We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected. — George Soros Copy Share Image
What works for Germany can't work for the rest of Europe: No country can run a chronic surplus without others running deficits. — George Soros Copy Share Image
If truth be known, I carried some rather potent messianic fantasies with me from childhood which I felt I had to control, otherwise I… — George Soros Copy Share Image
We [at Soros Fund Management] use options and more exotic derivatives sparingly. We try to catch new trends early and in later stages we… — George Soros Copy Share Image
“On the abstract level, I have turned the belief in my own fallibility into the cornerstone of an elaborate philosophy. On a personal level,… — George Soros Copy Share Image