The typical big winner in the Lynch portfolio generally takes three to ten years to play out. — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
The Rule of 72 is useful in determining how fast money will grow. Take the annual return from any investment, expressed as… — 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
The biggest winners are surprises to me, and takeovers are even more surprising. It takes years, not months, to produce big results. — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
Absent a lot of surprises, stocks are relatively predictable over twenty years. As to whether they're going to be higher or lower… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
It's human nature to keep doing something as long as it's pleasurable and you can succeed at it, which is why the… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
But my system for over 30 years has been this: When stocks are attractive, you buy them. Sure, they can go lower.… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
I talk to hundreds of companies a year and spend hour after hour in heady pow-wows with CEOs, financial analysts and my… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
The S&P is up 343.8 percent for 10 years. That is a four-bagger. The general equity funds are up 283 percent. So… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
Often, there is no correlation between the success of a company's operations and the success of its stock over a few months… — 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
