Benjamin Graham Quotes About Lying

Quotes about: Lying

• We are convinced that the intelligent investor can derive satisfactory results from pricing of either type (market timing or fundamental analysis via price). We are equally sure that if he places his emphasis on timing, in the sense of forecasting, he will end up as a speculator and with a speculator's financial results." And "The speculator's primary interest lies in anticipating and profiting from market fluctuations. The investor's primary interest lies in acquiring and holding suitable securities at suitable prices.

  Benjamin Graham

  Lying, Intelligent, Analysis

• The chief obstacle to success lies in the stubborn fact that if the favorable prospects of a concern are clearly apparent they are almost always reflected already in the current price of the stock. Buying such an issue is like betting on a topheavy favorite in a horse race. The chances may be on your side, but the real odds are against you.

  Benjamin Graham

  Horse, Real, Lying

• It is a fact worth pondering that four centuries ago the evil of "an abundance or surplus" arose from its being kept off the market, while today the evil of surplus lies in its being thrown upon the market.

  Benjamin Graham

  Lying, Evil, Four

  "Storage and Stability". Book by Benjamin Graham. Part I, Chapter II, Government and Surplus Stocks, p. 28, 1937.

• The investor's primary interest lies in acquiring and holding suitable securities at suitable prices.

  Benjamin Graham

  Lying, Interest, Market Timing

  Benjamin Graham (1959). “The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel”

• The most realistic distinction between the investor and the speculator is found in their attitude toward stock-market movements. The speculator's primary interest lies in anticipating and profiting from market fluctuations. The investor's primary interest lies in acquiring and holding suitable securities at suitable prices. Market movements are important to him in a practical sense, because they alternately create low price levels at which he would be wise to buy and high price levels at which he certainly should refrain from buying and probably would be wise to sell.

  Benjamin Graham

  Wise, Attitude, Lying

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