Quote by Jonathan Clements Download Open image ““He would joke that “stock-market forecasters exist to make astrologers look good.”” — Jonathan Clements ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
The chief function of stock-market forecasters is to make astrologers look respectable. — Jane Bryant Quinn Copy Share Image
“He thought astrology was a load of bosh! Didn't believe in stars and planets telling his fortune or anyone else's.” — Malorie Blackman Copy Share Image
We have long felt that the only value of stock forecasters is to make fortune-tellers look good. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“Precise forecasts masquerade as accurate ones, and some of us get fooled and double-down our bets.” — Nate Silver Copy Share Image
“I have always found it amazing that in exchange for paper I can get a book or a dress, that the stock market actually… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
We've long felt that the only value of stock forecasters is to make fortune tellers look good. Even now, Charlie and I continue to… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell them. As the great philosopher of uncertainty Yogi berra once said,… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“Once in a while, however, the future turns out to be very different from the past. It’s at these times that accurate forecasts would… — Howard Marks Copy Share Image
“I don’t believe in astronomy. Or is it astrology? I always get those two confused. But I’ll tell you, that Copernicus was full of… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Most investors are pretty smart. Yet most investors also remain heavily invested in actively managed stock funds. This is puzzling. The temptation, of course,… — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
Why are people who are appalled at insider trading so quick to trade on inside information when it comes their way? — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
“In what appears to have been an unplanned quip, Wilberforce asked Huxley if he thought he was descended from an ape on his father's… — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
Retirement is like a long vacation in Las Vegas. The goal is to enjoy it to the fullest, but not so fully that you… — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
“Natural science in England, as Darwin already knew to his cost, was still the purview of Christian scholars. But here was a question that… — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
I am a huge, huge, huge fan of index funds. They are the investor’s best friend and Wall Street’s worst nightmare. — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny should take a few pointers from the mutual-fund industry. All three are trying to pull off elaborate hoaxes.… — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
What to do when the market goes down? Read the opinions of the investment gurus who are quoted in the WSJ. And, as you… — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
If you want to see the greatest threat to your financial future, go home and take a look in the mirror. — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
In the Modern Age, there are still those who refuse to contradict a single word of the Bible, even though the Bible contradicts itself. — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
It's one of the ironies of investing. The rich can afford to take risks, but they don't need to. The poor need to take… — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
In 1867, George Campbell, Duke of Argyll, had published The Reign of Law, a book that Darwin found deeply annoying. A supporter of Richard… — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
