Speculation is a hard and trying business, and a speculator must be on the job all the time, or he'll soon have no job to be on.
( Jesse Livermore )
Much success can be attributed to inactivity. Most investors cannot resist the temptation to constantly buy and sell.
( Warren Buffett )
If you don’t know who you are, this is an expensive place to find out.
( Adam Smith )
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
( Albert Einstein )
Wall Street sells stocks and bonds, but what it really peddles is hope.
( Jason Zweig )
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 )
Sometimes buying early on the way down looks like being wrong, but it isn’t.
( Randy Thurman )