Bigs Quote by James Chanos

I used to think that good short-sellers could be trained like long-focused value investors because it should be the same skill set; you’re tearing…

— James Chanos

My experience is that short sellers do far better analysis than long buyers because they have to. The market is biased upward over time-as…

— Seth Klarman

I'll always understand the Schadenfreude aspect to short-selling. I get that no one will always like it. I'm also convinced to the deepest part…

— James Chanos

I have encountered thousands of value investors over the years and am constantly struck by their differences - and their similarities.

— Whitney Tilson

While it might seem that anyone can be a value investor, the essential characteristics of this type of investor-patience, discipline, and risk aversion-may well…

— Seth Klarman

The dominance of short-term perspectives has led to routine decisions in the markets that sacrifice the long-term buildup of genuine value in pursuit of…

— Al Gore

The single biggest advantage a value investor has is not IQ. It's patience and waiting. Waiting for the right pitch, and waiting for many…

— Mohnish Pabrai

The successful investor is usually an individual who is inherently interested in business problems.

— Philip Arthur Fisher

One thing on psychology, which we've always known, is that every investor says they're long-term - and they are until the market takes a…

— Steve Forbes

Investing is the intersection of economics and psychology. The analysis is actually the easy part. The economics, the valuation of the business isn't that…

— Seth Klarman

The ability to change one's mind is probably a key characteristic of the successful investor. Dogmatic and rigid personalities rarely, if ever, succeed in…

— Jack D. Schwager

The majority of short term trading results are just random. In the long term the money ends up with those that can trade and…

— Steve Burns