Buying Quote by John Paulson

Many investors make the mistake of buying high and selling low while the exact opposite is the right strategy.

— John Paulson

Outperforming the majority of investors requires doing what they are not doing. Buying when others have despaired, and selling when they are full of…

— John Templeton

The trick of successful investors is to sell when they want to, not when they have to.

— Seth Klarman

Forget the adage buy low and sell high.

— William O'Neil

The strategy of buying what's in favor is a fool's errand, ensuring long-term underperformance. Only by standing against the prevailing winds - selectively, but…

— Seth Klarman

We make too much out of past performance, and it's very misleading to investors. It causes them to move money around. They buy a…

— John C. Bogle

Much success can be attributed to inactivity. Most investors cannot resist the temptation to constantly buy and sell.

— Warren Buffett

The biggest mistake investors make is to believe that what happened in the recent past is likely to persist. They assume that something that…

— Ray Dalio

My philosophy is that all stocks are bad. There are no good stocks unless they go up in price. If they go down instead,…

— William O'Neil

Regardless of what happens in the markets, stick to your investment program. Changing your strategy at the wrong time can be the single most…

— John C. Bogle

Over many decades, our usual practice is that if something we like goes down, we buy more and more. Sometimes something happens, you realize…

— Charlie Munger

Investors repeatedly jump ship on a good strategy just because it hasn't worked so well lately, and, almost invariably, abandon it at precisely the…

— David Dreman