“During the financial crisis and bailouts of 2008, it probably occurred to very few average people that we were entering a period of hardship for billionaires.” PeoplePeriodsCrisisFinancialAverageHardshipEnteringBillionaireFinancial CrisisBailouts Author:Thomas Frank
“Baseball is a game of averages, but over a short period of time, to have a little luck going is not a bad thing.” LittlesGamesPeriodsBaseballLuckAverageBad Things Author:Bill Buckner
“Our average holding period is four years.” YearsValuesFourPeriodsInvestingAverageFour Years Author:Walter Schloss
“In some parts of the world, what you are doing is already apparent.According to the World Health Organization, the warming of the planet caused an additional 140,000 deaths in 2004, as compared with the number of deaths there would have been had average global temperatures remained as they were during the period 1961 to 1990. This means that climate change is already causing, every week, as many deaths as occured in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.” WorldMeanHas BeensNumbersWeekPlanetsPeriodsOrganizationClimateClimate ChangeAverageTerroristSeptemberTemperatureSeptember 11Terrorist AttacksWorld HealthSeptember 11 2001World Health Organization Author:Peter Singer
“You don't have to have perfect wisdom to get very rich - just a bit better than average over a long period of time.” LongBitsPerfectRichPeriodsAverageLong Periods Of Time Author:Charlie Munger
“The gross profits in many workouts appear quite small. It's a little like looking for parking meters with some time left on them. However, the predictability coupled with a short holding period produces quite decent average annual rates of return after allowance for the occasional substantial loss.” LittlesLeftLossProduceReturnPeriodsRateAverageProfitDecentWorkoutGrossOccasionalParkingMeterAnnualsAllowancePredictabilityTime LeftParking Meters Author:Warren Buffett
“If you look back historically at the post-WWII period on average, if you get a 100-basis-point increase in Fed funds, the spillover to the ten-year is only 35 basis points, and 25 basis points into the 30-year - it's a fairly small spillover effect.” IfsYearsLooksEffectsPeriodsTenBasesIncreaseAveragePostsFundFedsWwii Author:Gary Shilling