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title: "7 Investors Need Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [My positioning with my investors was always, I need three to five years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-burry/my-positioning-with-my-investors-was-always-i-need-three-to-five-years/)

[Michael Burry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-burry/)

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> [Great investors need to have the right combination of intuition, business sense and investment talent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lo/great-investors-need-to-have-the-right-combination-of-intuition/)

[Andrew Lo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lo/)

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> [Value investing is simple to understand but difficult to implement. Value investors are not supersophisticated analytical wizards who create and apply intricate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-klarman/value-investing-is-simple-to-understand-but-difficult-to-implement/)

[Seth Klarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-klarman/)

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> [“Investors need to understand not only the magic of compounding long-term returns, but the tyranny of compounding costs; costs that ultimately overwhelm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-bogle/investors-need-to-understand-not-only-the-magic-of-compounding-long/)

[John C. Bogle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-c-bogle/)

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> [Investors need to understand the risk of individual exchanges before trusting their funds with them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perianne-boring/investors-need-to-understand-the-risk-of-individual-exchanges-before/)

[Perianne Boring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perianne-boring/)

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> [I personally have said many times I'd be a hundred percent in equities. That fits my risk profile and my views of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-d-fink/i-personally-have-said-many-times-i-d-be-a-hundred-percent-in/)

[Laurence D. Fink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-d-fink/)

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> [Investors need to pick their poison: Either make more money when times are good and have a really ugly year every so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-klarman/investors-need-to-pick-their-poison-either-make-more-money-when-times/)

[Seth Klarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-klarman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca1/seth-klarman-1979_customer_investors-need-to-pick-their-poison-eith_2731215.jpg)

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