Quote by William Bernstein

The market is now factoring in that first-quarter earnings will likely be below consensus. And the reality is that economic growth is probably going…

— Subodh Kumar

One of the big problems with growth investing is that we can't estimate earnings very well. I really want to buy growth at value…

— David Dreman

“Several researchers have found that companies that spend the most time offering guidance on quarterly earnings deliver significantly lower long-term growth rates than companies…

— Daniel H. Pink

Earnings can change dramatically. Usually assets change slowly.

— Walter Schloss

Our continued investment in productivity will add to our margins, and you'll see that reflected in the bottom line earnings.

— Dennis Muilenburg

We have seen economic growth. But we have not seen earnings growth.

— Mike Farrell

The value that some analysts put on revenue vs. what they put on profit is out of whack. If you can grow real cash…

— Louis V. Gerstner, Jr

“The obsession with quarterly earnings came about because personal compensation was increasingly tied to what happened to the share price. Improving market capitalization became…

— Michael Farmer

Focus on return on equity, not earnings per share.

— Warren Buffett

“Sustained growth at 2% a year changes lives. An increase at 2% a year for 150 years increases average incomes by a factor of 16.”

— Edward A. Hudson

“If the stock market continues to advance, we know that inequality will increase, for capital gains on equities accrue disproportionately to the top income…

— Robert J. Gordon

“This fundamental inequality, which I will write as r > g (where r stands for the average annual rate of return on capital, including…

— Thomas Piketty