Believed Quote by Whitney Tilson Download Open image “I have long believed the corporate world is plagued by poor capital allocation decisions.” — Whitney Tilson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Believed Corporate world Decisions Long Poor World
The corporate world is appallingly bad at capitalizing on the strengths of its people. — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share Image
People are very focused on value and preservation of capital. They're a lot less risk-prone than they used to be. — Sergio Marchionne Copy Share Image
“Companies are suffering. They face recession and dowsizing. They make a loss profit , losing their clients and best skilled employees because of someone… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
But if you look at WorldCom, which is the biggest failure to date, they grew dramatically, they were buying companies that were bigger than… — Don Nickles Copy Share Image
Twenty years ago, you might have been pessimistic and said there's no hope. But these days, some of our very biggest companies are acting… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
At the moment we are facing a whole collection of difficult to forecast developments from the situation in China and the oil-price crash to… — Wolfgang Schauble Copy Share Image
More and more countries of the world have decided that corporations do a better job of generating and deploying capital than do states. — Max L. Stackhouse Copy Share Image
The great problem with corporate capitalism is that publicly owned companies have short time horizons. Unlike a privately owned business, the top executives of… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
If you have a mental model that says big corporations are fundamentally greedy and selfish and exploitative, you don't really want to have an… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
I think the biggest single issue is income inequity and what this is doing to the good old "American dream." This and corporatism -… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Management has failed miserably at creating increased value for shareholders. Indeed, despite some recent short-term gains, which actually only put us back where we… — Roy O. Disney Copy Share Image
The exact details of how you practice value investing will vary investor to investor, but the fundamental principle of scouring the world, looking for… — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
If you look at the history of technology gadget makers, hardware makers, it's littered with the corpses of Palm and RIM and companies like… — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
Mueller is the leading North American provider of water infrastructure and flow control products - things such as fire hydrants, valves, pipes, fittings, and… — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
When it comes to owning stocks of the best-known businesses in the world, value investors usually feel like children looking through the window of… — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
My experience is that very few people have what it takes to be a successful investor, as I discussed in The Arrogance of Stock… — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
The mark of a wise person isn't never making mistakes - everyone makes plenty of them. Rather, it's the ability to quickly admit -… — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
There is no sure-fire way to get rich quickly. In fact, the pursuit of that usually leads to ruin. — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
When reviewing one's portfolio, it is important to be aware of common mental mistakes that may lead to bad decisions. The most powerful is… — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
While I take no pleasure in others' misfortunes, we've historically made most of our profits from other investors behaving in a panicked and irrational… — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
I'd say the general outline of a sound investment approach is, first of all, you have to decide are you going to try to… — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
I have encountered thousands of value investors over the years and am constantly struck by their differences - and their similarities. — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
In life, an abundance of confidence gives us higher motivation, persistence, and optimism and can allow us to accomplish things we otherwise might not… — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
Though my grandmother had picked up modern ideas in America, she still had some conflicting 19th-century Irish notions. She believed that daughters, educated though… — Rosemary Mahoney Copy Share Image
Alfred Nobel believed that social changes are brought about slowly, and sometimes by indirect means. — Bertha von Suttner Copy Share Image
Aaron Spelling always had his finger on the pulse of pop culture, he knew what the public wanted to see. He was one of… — Alyssa Milano Copy Share Image
My life had been defined by the apartheid years. Now we were going into an era of democracy... and I believed that I didn't… — Athol Fugard Copy Share Image
On March 12, 2004, acting attorney general James B. Comey and the Justice Department's top leadership reached the brink of resignation over electronic surveillance… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
I never believed I'd have a six-pack, especially not at 35 years old. I always thought it was a genetic blessing. It's not. You… — Sullivan Stapleton Copy Share Image
There was a time when idealistic folksingers such as myself believed that Reality TV was a programming vogue that would peak and recede, leaving… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
I felt uneasy, but sometimes, like I said before, I believed in Col. North and there was a very solid and very valid reason… — Fawn Hall Copy Share Image
And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment… — Salmon P. Chase Copy Share Image
I always believed as a speechwriter that if you could persuade the president to commit himself to certain words, he would feel himself committed… — David Frum Copy Share Image
I used to sleep on the floor next to the bed, because I believed that I didn't even deserve a bed to sleep in.… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
I told my parents I was going to be a doctor and then a lawyer, but I never believed it and never tried. — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image