Gerald M. Loeb Quotes

• The greatest safety lies in putting all your eggs in one basket and watching the basket.

  Gerald M. Loeb

  Lying, Eggs, Safety

  Gerald M. Loeb (2007). “Battle for Investment Survival”, p.103, John Wiley & Sons

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• Knowledge born from actual experience is the answer to why one profits;
  lack of it is the reason one loses

  Gerald M. Loeb

  Answers, Reason, Born

  Gerald M. Loeb (2007). “Battle for Investment Survival”, p.1, John Wiley & Sons

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• Stocks are bought on expectations, not facts.

  Gerald M. Loeb

  Expectations, Facts

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• Market values are fixed only in part by balance sheets and income statements; much more by the hopes and fears of humanity; by greed, ambition, acts of God, invention, financial stress and strain, weather, discovery, fashion and numberless other causes impossible to be listed without omission.

  Gerald M. Loeb

  Fashion, Business, Stress

  Gerald M. Loeb (2007). “Battle for Investment Survival”, p.2, John Wiley & Sons

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• It is wise to remember that too much success in the stock market is in itself an excellent warning.

  Gerald M. Loeb

  Wise, Warning, Too Much

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• Successful investment is a battle for financial survival.

  Gerald M. Loeb

  Successful, Survival, Battle

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• Investing solely for 'income,' investing merely 'to keep capital employed,' and investing simply 'to hedge against inflation' are all entirely out of the question.

  Gerald M. Loeb

  Income, Investing, Employed

  Gerald M. Loeb (2007). “Battle for Investment Survival”, p.29, John Wiley & Sons

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• I once read about a meeting of economists who agreed that if their forecasts were 33 1/3 % correct, that was considered a high mark in their profession. Well, of course, I know you cannot invest in securities successfully with odds like that against you if you place dependence solely upon judgement as to the right securities to own and the right time or price to buy them. Then, too, I read somewhere about the man who described an economist as resembling ‘a professor of anatomy who was still a virgin.’

  Gerald M. Loeb

  Men, Odds, He Man

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• Don't be overly concerned about your heirs. Usually, unearned funds do them more harm than good.

  Gerald M. Loeb

  Heirs, Harm, Fund

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• The desire for gold is the most universal and deeply rooted commercial instinct of the human race.

  Gerald M. Loeb

  Race, Desire, Gold

  Gerald M. Loeb (2007). “Battle for Investment Survival”, p.102, John Wiley & Sons

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