Decline Quote by Philip Roth

During periods of extreme fear or greed, you don't have the proper balance between those two to generate market efficiency and you get extremes…

— Andrew Lo

Fear causes individuals to restrain their spending and firms to withhold investments; as a result, the economy weakens, confirming their fear and leading them…

— Robert J. Shiller

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

It's a familiar truism that at any one moment, financial markets are dominated by either fear or greed. But the healthiest markets are those…

— James Surowiecki

Markets don't like instability, investors shy away from uncertainty, and consumer confidence goes down in difficult times.

— Richard Quest

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

— Walter Schloss

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

— Walter Schloss

You don't want too much fear in a market, because people will be blinded to some very good buying opportunities. You don't want too…

— Ron Chernow

When all feels calm and prices surge, the markets may feel safe; but, in fact, they are dangerous because few investors are focusing on…

— Seth Klarman

Successful investors like stocks better when they’re going down. When you go to a department store or a supermarket, you like to buy merchandise…

— Seth Klarman

Just as outright euphoria is often a sign of a market top, fear is for sure a sign of a market bottom. Time and…

— Michael Steinhardt

It's only when the markets are perceived to have exhausted themselves on the downside that they turn. Trying to prevent them from going down…

— Alan Greenspan