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Buy things that are going up. Sell things that are going down. And when they stop, get out!

( Rob Smith )

If you don't study any companies, you have the same success buying stocks as you do in a poker game if you bet without looking at your cards.

( Peter Lynch )

The function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.

( John Kenneth Galbraith )

Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas.

( Paul Samuelson )

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.

( Warren Buffett )

The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.

( Neil deGrasse Tyson )

Optimism means expecting the best, but confidence means knowing how to handle the worst.

( Max Gunther )