American Quote by P. J. O'Rourke

Even from the very beginning, I didn't put any money in the stock market.

— Trey Parker

U.S. stocks did not recoil from Trump's electoral victory, instead setting a record for election-to-year-end gains.

— Anthony Scaramucci

Global stocks bottomed in June 1921, but global economies didn't hit bottom for fully two more years.

— Kenneth Fisher

Under the gold standard America had no major financial panics other than in 1873, 1884, 1890, 1893, 1907, 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1933.

— Paul Krugman

“At the end of World War II, the average holding period for a stock was four years. By 2000, it was eight months. By…

— Scott Patterson

The American public historically was really not part of the stock market.

— Ron Chernow

“It took just over 15 years to recover the money invested at the 1929 peak, following a crash far worse than Smith had ever…

— Jeremy J. Siegel

In my opinion, the greatest misconception about the market is the idea that if you buy and hold stocks for long periods of time,…

— Victor Sperandeo

I have no idea what stocks I held in the '90s, in the 2000s, or even now.

— Tom Price

After 1929, so many people had been traumatized by the stock market crash that there was a lost generation.

— Ron Chernow

Stocks in the United States plunged in 2002 amid fears of war and terrorism, a weak economy, rising oil prices and dozens of corporate…

— Alex Berenson

“39 percent of stocks had a negative total return. (Two out of every five stocks are money-losing investments.)”

— John Del Vecchio