Average Quote by John C. Bogle

Thousands of people have tried, and the evidence is clear: The more you trade, the less you keep.

— Benjamin Graham

If you are able to look beyond near term trouble, you have an advantage over many professional investors

— Whitney Tilson

“If you want to reap big gains in the market, make up your mind right now that you are going to separate trading from…

— Mark Minervini

If you spend your energies looking for and analysing situations not closely followed by other informed investors, your chance of finding bargains greatly increases.

— Joel Greenblatt

The average investor does significantly worse than a simple index... It's literally because of the way our brains are wired.

— James O'Shaughnessy

Individual investors have become far more powerful than anyone gives them credit for. Today, 85 million Americans invest in stocks. Collectively, that kind of…

— Maria Bartiromo

My experience with novice traders is that they trade three to five times too big. They are taking 5 to 10 percent risks on…

— Bruce Kovner

Always understand the risk/reward of the trade as it now stands, not as it existed when you put the position on. Some people say,…

— Bill Lipschutz

To be a good investor, you have to think differently from others.

— Kirsten Green

My experience is that very few people have what it takes to be a successful investor, as I discussed in The Arrogance of Stock…

— Whitney Tilson

“All statistics have outliers. Money management, therefore, is key to the process of good trading.”

— Yvan Byeajee

Never risk more than 1% of total account equity on any one trade. By risking 1%, I am indifferent to any individual trade. Keeping…

— Larry Hite