“But successful investors tend to be not too self-destructive. They tend to be patient, they tend not to follow the crowd, and they tend not to be too guilty about winning.” SelfWinningSuccessfulPatientCrowdsGuiltyDestructiveInvestorsBe PatientSelf Destructive Author:Andrew Tobias
“It was always a challenge for me to prove that a Russian financial investor can be as successful in the West as back at home in Russia.” HomeChallengesSuccessfulProveWestFinancialRussiaInvestors Author:Alisher Usmanov
“The probability of ten consecutive heads is 0.1 percent; thus, when you have millions of coin tossers, or investors, in the end there will be thousands of very successful practitioners of coin tossing, or stock picking.” EndsMillionsSuccessfulTenPercentInvestorsProbabilityCoinsConsecutiveTossers Book:The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World Source: The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
“The courage to press on regardless - regardless of whether we face calm seas or rough seas, and especially when the market storms howl around us - is the quintessential attribute of the successful investor.” FacesSuccessfulSeaPressesCalmStormRoughAttributesInvestorsHowlQuintessentialCalm SeasRough Seas Author:John C. Bogle
“It is the long term investor who will in practice come in for the most criticism. For it is the essence of his behaviour that he should be eccentric, unconventional and rash in the eyes of the average opinion. If he is successful, that will only confirm the general belief in his rashness; and if in the short run he is unsuccessful, which is very likely, he will not receive much mercy. Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.” IfsThinkingShouldLongEyeRunningBeliefTermOpinionTeachPracticeSuccessfulFailingSucceedCriticismMercyEssenceIndependentInvestingAverageReputationLong TermInvestorsBehaviourWorldlyEccentricUnsuccessfulUnconventionalIndependent ThinkingRashnessWorldly Wisdom Author:John Maynard Keynes
“The successful investor is usually an individual who is inherently interested in business problems.” ProblemIndividualSuccessfulInvestingInvestorsBusiness Problems Author:Philip Arthur Fisher
“We've seen a lot of data at YC now, and the most successful companies and the ones where the investors do the best... end up giving a lot of stock out to employees- year after year after year.” GivingYearsEndsCompanySuccessfulDataEmployeeInvestorsDo The BestSuccessful Company Author:Sam Altman
“The ability to change one's mind is probably a key characteristic of the successful investor. Dogmatic and rigid personalities rarely, if ever, succeed in the markets. The markets are a dynamic process, and sustained investment success requires the ability to modify and even change strategies as markets evolve.” IfsMindProcessAbilitySuccessfulKeysPersonalitySucceedStrategyInvestmentEvolveCharacteristicsInvestorsDogmaticAbility To ChangeInvestment Success Author:Jack D. Schwager
“The key to investment success is emotional discipline. Making money has nothing to do with intelligence. To be a successful investor, you have to be able to admit mistakes. I trained a guy to trade who had a 188 IQ. He was on "Jeopardy" once and answered every question correctly. That same person never made a dime in trading during 5 years!” YearsPersonsMadeAbleGuyMistakeSuccessfulEmotionalKeysDisciplineTradeInvestmentMaking MoneyInvestorsTradingDimesJeopardyInvestment Success Author:Victor Sperandeo
“Successful investors must temper the arrogance of taking a stand with a large dose of humility, accepting that despite their efforts and care, they may in fact be wrong.” MayFactsCareEffortAcceptingSuccessfulHumilityDespiteArroganceInvestorsTemperDose Author:Seth Klarman