Currents Quote by Irving Kahn

The goal of forecasting is not to predict the future but to tell you what you need to know to take meaningful action in…

— Paul Saffo

I don't pretend that I can predict the future value of the growth rate or rate of return.

— Thomas Piketty

I can never predict what the markets will do. Sometimes it does the exact opposite of what I would have expected.

— Mitt Romney

You can never predict how market will react. You can model it. You may try to predict it, but weather and markets and risk,…

— Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

I deal in facts, not forecasting the future. That's crystal ball stuff. That doesn't work.

— Peter Lynch

Nobody can predict interest rates, the future direction of the economy or the stock market. Dismiss all such forecasts and concentrate on what's actually…

— Peter Lynch

You should expect little or nothing from Wall Street stock pickers who hope to be more accurate than the market in predicting the future…

— Daniel Kahneman

One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to happen is happening already.

— Sylvia Porter

In reality, no one knows what the market will do; trying to predict it is a waste of time, and investing based upon that…

— Seth Klarman

People forget that although we can pinpoint the price, we can only guess at future earnings. The past isn't much help: It simply tells…

— Barry Ritholtz

What I have figured out is that I can predict the future. I just can't predict when.

— Steve Case

If you have to forecast, forecast often..

— Edgar Fiedler