Accepted Quote by George Soros

The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios... The idea that you can actually predict what's going to…

— George Soros

I put forward a pretty general theory that financial markets are intrinsically unstable. That we really have a false picture when we think about…

— George Soros

The reality is that financial markets are self-destabilizing; occasionally they tend toward disequilibrium, not equilibrium.

— George Soros

The generally accepted view is that markets are always right -- that is, market prices tend to discount future developments accurately even when it…

— George Soros

I believe in market economics. But to paraphrase Churchill - who said this about democracy and political regimes - a market economy might be…

— Nouriel Roubini

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

“Economic theory is devoted to the study of equilibrium positions. The concept of equilibrium is very useful. It allows us to focus on the…

— George Soros

Many of us like to think of financial economics as a science, but complex events like the financial crisis suggest that this conceit may…

— Andrew Lo

The financial markets play an active role in determining what's going to happen, how the economy is going to function.

— George Soros

In a sense, the market, by expecting a fall in prices, discounts that fall and makes it happen right away instead of later. Expectations…

— Murray Rothbard

In certain circumstances, financial markets can affect the so-called fundamentals which they are supposed to reflect. When that happens, markets enter into a state…

— George Soros

I think financial markets only look after their own interests.

— Marine Le Pen