Investing Quote by Howard Marks

“A strong-minded approach to investment, firmly based on the margin-of-safety principle, can yield handsome rewards. But a decision to try for these emoluments rather…

— Benjamin Graham

The defensive (or passive) investor will place chief emphasis on the avoidance of serious mistakes or losses. His second aim will be freedom from…

— Benjamin Graham

“Understanding the value of a security and whether it's trading above or below that value is the difference between investing and speculating.”

— Coreen T. Sol

“In this volatile market, be a risky investor than a safe spectator.”

— Bhavik Sarkhedi

Any onset of increased investor caution elevates risk premiums and, as a consequence, lowers asset values and promotes the liquidation of the debt that…

— Alan Greenspan

“In trying to find the proper balance between security and profit, many industries still incline toward a shortsighted emphasis on profit.”

— Ted Koppel

“We discovered that safety and security are commodities you can sell in return for excitement but you can never buy them back.”

— Louise Doughty

“The problem with “secure” investments is that they are often sanitized, that is, made so safe that the gains are less. Most”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

“people who are threatened with big losses and have a chance to break even will be unusually willing to take risks,”

— Richard H. Thaler

“Risk is incredibly important to investors. It’s also ephemeral and unmeasurable. All of this makes it very hard to recognize, especially when emotions are…

— Howard Marks

In contrast to the speculators preoccupation with rapid gain, value investors demonstrate their risk aversion by striving to avoid loss.

— Seth Klarman

Selling, in particular, can be a challenge; many investors are tempted to become more optimistic when a security is performing well. This temptation must…

— Seth Klarman