Investing Quote by Sam Walton

“Over the 210 years I have examined stock returns, the real return on a broadly diversified portfolio of stocks has averaged 6.6 percent per year.”

— Jeremy J. Siegel

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

— John Del Vecchio

Over the long term, it's hard for a stock to earn a much better return that the business which underlies it earns. If the…

— Charlie Munger

On average, 90 percent of the variability of returns and 100 percent of the absolute level of return is explained by asset allocation.

— Roger G. Ibbotson

Focus on return on equity, not earnings per share.

— Warren Buffett

Most investors are primarily oriented toward return, how much they can make and pay little attention to risk, how much they can lose.

— Seth Klarman

I cannot tell you on a day to day basis that there's a return on investment. I can tell you if you stick with…

— Simon Sinek

Recently released government economic statistics covering 2010, the first year of real recovery from the financial collapse of 2008, found that fully 93 percent…

— Eric Alterman

“The top 1 percent made almost thirteen times the average of the 90 percent in 1973, but by 2012 the ratio was 41 to 1.”

— David Cay Johnston

“The stock market has predicted nine out of the last five recessions.”

— Anonymous

One hundred percent of our earnings are reinvested in the company, and a great deal of that goes to research.

— Amar Bose

Our investors are here for only one reason: great returns. They want to make money.

— Steve Ells