Financial Quote by Alan Greenspan

“The cycle of optimism and euphoria leading to greed, fear and capitulation, giving way to hope and building back to optimism, drives the expansion…

— Coreen T. Sol

Excessive optimism sows the seeds of its own reversal.

— Alan Greenspan

However, optimism is highly valued, socially and in the market; people and firms reward the providers of dangerously misleading information more than they reward…

— Daniel Kahneman

“In the short run, however, stock returns are very volatile, driven by changes in earnings, interest rates, risk, and uncertainty, as well as psychological…

— Jeremy J. Siegel

Find optimism in the inevitable

— Rem Koolhaas

There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that…

— Ramez Naam

What I am against is false optimism: the notion either that things have to go well, or else that they tend to, or else…

— Tony Judt

Real optimism sees the negatives but accentuates the positive.

— William Arthur Ward

Optimism is the tendency to believe, expect or hope that things will turn out well.

— Senoraroy

Near the top of the market, investors are extraordinarily optimistic because they've seen mostly higher prices for a year or two. The sell-offs witnessed…

— Martin Zweig

Optimism is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

— Jeannette Walls

“Optimistic bias leads people to neglect probabilities of success, overestimate their ability and level of control, and downplay the influence of luck and external…

— Sumoreads