“Picking winners among the many young companies seeking money is a tough business, even for the most sophisticated investors. Indeed, most professionally run venture funds lose money. For individuals, it's pure folly. Buy a lottery ticket instead. Your chance of winning is likely to be higher.” RunningYoungWinningIndividualLosesChanceCompanyHigherPureToughSeekingWinnerFollyFundInvestorsSophisticatedTicketsVentureLotteryLottery Ticket Author:Steven Rattner
“Right now the long-term investors are telling us that they're not as concerned about inflation and so we're seeing these rates now move into the marketplace and out to the street - rates that individuals can get.” LongMovingIndividualTermEconomySeeingStreetsRight NowConcernedRateLong TermInvestorsInflationMarketplace Author:Franklin Raines
“Individual security bargains may be located by the process of security analysis practically at any time. They can be bought with good overall results at all periods except when the general market itself is clearly in a selling range for investors. They show up to best advantage during the years in which the market remains in a relatively narrow and neutral area.” YearsMayShowsIndividualProcessResultsSecurityPeriodsAdvantageAreasRemainsSellingRangeAnalysisInvestorsBargains Book:The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel Source: The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel
“My biggest prediction for the future is that people are going to start looking after individual investors.” PeopleIndividualInvestorsPredictions Author:John C. Bogle
“we have complaints that institutional dominance of the stock market has put 'the small investor at a disadvantage because he can't compete with the trust companies' huge resources, etc. The facts are quite the opposite. It may be that the institutions are better equipped than the individual to speculate in the market.But I am convinced that an individual investor with sound principles, and soundly advised, can do distinctly better over the long pull than large institutions.” MayLongFactsIndividualSoundCan DoCompanyPrinciplesHugeResourcesOppositesInstitutionsConvincedEtcInvestorsComplaintsDisadvantagesDominance Author:Benjamin Graham