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“I was utterly free of speculative prejudices. The bear side doesn't appeal to me any more than the bull side, or vice versa. My one steadfast prejudice is against being wrong.” quote by Jesse Lauriston Livermore — Download Open image

“I was utterly free of speculative prejudices. The bear side doesn't appeal to me any more than the bull side, or vice versa. My one steadfast prejudice is against being wrong.”

Jesse Lauriston Livermore

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Disregarding the big swing and trying to jump in and out was fatal to me. Nobody can catch all the fluctuations. In a bull…

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Money is made by sitting, not trading.

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My main life lesson from investing: self-interest is the most powerful force on earth, and can get people to embrace and defend almost anything.

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The only thing to do when a man is wrong is to be right by ceasing to be wrong.

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Never try to sell at the top. It isn't wise. Sell after a reaction if there is no rally.

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When a man is right he wants to get all that is coming to him for being right.

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To anticipate the market is to gamble. To be patient and react only when the market gives the signal is to speculate.

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A man may see straight and clearly and yet become impatient or doubtful when the market takes its time about doing as he figured it must do. That is why so many men in Wall Street, who are not at all in the sucker class, not even in the third grade, nevertheless lose money. The market does not beat them.…

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