Peter Lynch Quotes
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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 of ten.
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Never invest in any idea you can't illustrate with a crayon
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Go for a business that any idiot can run - because sooner or later, any idiot probably is going to run it.
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All you need for a lifetime of successful investing is a few big winners, and the pluses from those will overwhelm the minuses from the…
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The best stock to buy is the one you already own.
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Searching for companies is like looking for grubs under rocks: if you turn over 10 rocks you'll likely find one grub; if you turn over…
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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 could…
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Behind every stock is a company. Find out what it's doing.
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Twenty years in this business convinces me that any normal person using the customary three percent of the brain can pick stocks just as well,…
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In the long run, it's not just how much money you make that will determine your future prosperity. It's how much of that money you…
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Although it's easy to forget sometimes, a share is not a lottery ticket... it's part-ownership of a business.
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The person that turns over the most rocks wins the game. And that's always been my philosophy.
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If you spend more than 13 minutes analyzing economic and market forecasts, you've wasted 10 minutes
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In stocks as in romance, ease of divorce is not a sound basis for commitment.
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There's no shame in losing money on a stock. Everybody does it. What is shameful is to hold on to a stock, or worse, to…
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In business, competition is never as healthy as total domination.
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Your investor's edge is not something you get from Wall Street experts. It's something you already have. You can outperform the experts if you use…
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Owning stocks is like having children - don't get involved with more than you can handle.
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If you can't find any companies that you think are attractive, put your money in the bank until you discover some.
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Time is on your side when you own shares of superior companies.
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