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Games are won by players who focus on the playing field –- not by those whose eyes are glued to the scoreboard.

( Warren Buffett )

Wall Street sells stocks and bonds, but what it really peddles is hope.

( Jason Zweig )

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

( Max Gunther )

Large price changes tend to be followed by more large changes, positive or negative. Small changes tend to be followed by more small changes. Volatility clusters.

( Benoit B. Mandlebrot )

Anyone who is not investing now is missing a tremendous opportunity.

( Carlos Slim )

If you have trouble imagining a 20% loss in the stock market, you shouldn’t be in stocks.

( John “Jack” Bogle )

The most dangerous people in the world are very smart traders who have never gotten their teeth kicked in.

( F. Helmut Weymar )