Bills Quote by Michael Steinhardt

Time and again, in every market cycle I have witnessed, the extremes of emotion always appear, even among experienced investors. When the world wants…

— Michael Steinhardt

“The cycle of optimism and euphoria leading to greed, fear and capitulation, giving way to hope and building back to optimism, drives the expansion…

— Coreen T. Sol

The market is a very emotional place that appeals to fear and greed.

— Walter Schloss

Fear and greed are probably the worst emotions to have in connection with the purchase and sale of stocks.

— Walter Schloss

Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to be on the downside. In up markets, volatility tends…

— Philip Roth

Successful investors tend to be unemotional, allowing the greed and fear of others to play into their hands. By having confidence in their own…

— Seth Klarman

When your account has these massive swings up and down, there's a tendency to feel a rush when the market is going your way…

— Tom Basso

This market right now is moving on nothing more than emotions. Guess what? It almost always moves on emotions.

— David Bach

History demonstrates that participants in financial markets are susceptible to waves of optimism. Excessive optimism shows the seeds of its own reversal in the…

— Alan Greenspan

People often panic when the markets go down and sell off their stocks - but then they aren't in the game when the markets…

— Suze Orman

“To quote the late John Templeton, “Bull-markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria. The time to…

— David Skarica

There are times when you should be completely out of the market, for emotional as well as economic reasons.

— Jesse Lauriston Livermore