The balance sheet of the euro system, isn't only gigantic in size but also shocking in quality.
- Alexander Elder - Topics: Central Bank, Eurocrisis, Fiat Currency.
There is only one difference between a bad economist and a good one: the bad economist confines himself to the visible effect; the good economist takes into account both the effect that can be seen and those effects that must be foreseen. Yet this difference is tremendous; for it almost always happens that when the immediate consequence is favorable, the later consequences are disastrous, and vice versa. Whence it follows that the bad economist pursues a small present good that will be followed by a great evil to come, while the good economist pursues a great good to come, at the risk of a small present evil.
- Frédéric Bastiat - Topics: Economist.
There's no shame in losing money on a stock. Everybody does it. What is shameful is to hold on to a stock, or worse, to buy more of it when the fundamentals are deteriorating.
- Peter Lynch - Topics: Investing, Money Management, Stock Market.
It pays to write down your plan. You need to know exactly under what conditions you will enter and exit a trade. Do not make decisions on the spur of the moment, when you are vulnerable to being sucked into the crowd. Plans are created by reasoning individuals. Impulsive trades are made by sweaty group members.
- Alexander Elder - Topics: Trader, Stock Market.
Under a gold standard, sound government has a much better chance; its leaders can say to the people and to the politicians, "We can't do it unless we increase taxes." The gold standard is a form of protection against spendthrift governments.
- Ludwig von Mises - Topics: Inflation, Gold.
The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.
- Ronald Reagan - Topics: Tax, Government.
If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.
- Herbert Stein - Topics: Stock Market.
Successful trading is always an emotional battle for the speculator, not an intelligent battle.
- Jesse Livermore - Topics: Trader, Stock Market.
Bitcoin's mere existence is an insurance policy that will remind governments that the last object establishment could control, namely, the currency, is no longer their monopoly. This gives us, the crowd, an insurance policy against an Orwellian future.’
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Topics: Cryptocurrency.
It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.
- Warren Buffett - Topics: Stock Market, Investing.
If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.
- Norman R. Augustine - Topics: Stock Market.
When the market deviates from your analysis, you have to cut losses without fuss or emotions.
- Alexander Elder - Topics: Money Management, Trader.
