Peter Lynch Quotes - Page 2

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• Spend at least as much time researching a stock as you would choosing a refrigerator.

  Peter Lynch

  Investing, Finance, Refrigerators

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• If you can't find any companies that you think are attractive, put your money in the bank until you discover some.

  Peter Lynch

  Thinking, Investing, Attractive

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.306, Simon and Schuster

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• When you sell in desperation, you always sell cheap.

  Peter Lynch

  Desperation, Sells

  Peter Lynch (2012). “One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

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• My method for picking stocks has never changed. When businesses go from crappy to semicrappy, there's money to be made.

  Peter Lynch

  Never Change, Made, Method

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• An important key to investing is to remember that stocks are not lottery tickets.

  Peter Lynch

  Keys, Important, Investing

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.334, Simon and Schuster

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• The stock market really isn't a gamble, as long as you pick good companies that you think will do well, and not just because of the stock price.

  Peter Lynch

  Thinking, Long, Good Company

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

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• There's no use diversifying into unknown companies just for the sake of diversity. A foolish diversity is the hobgoblin of small investors. That said, it isn't safe to own just one stock, because in spite of your best efforts, the one you choose might be the victim of unforeseen circumstances. In small portfolios, I'd be comfortable owning between three and ten stocks.

  Peter Lynch

  Best Effort, Diversity, Three

  Peter Lynch (2012). “One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In”, p.240, Simon and Schuster

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• It only takes a handful of big winners to make a lifetime of investing worthwhile.

  Peter Lynch

  Investing, Winner, Lifetime

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.306, Simon and Schuster

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• What makes stocks valuable in the long run isn't the market. It's the profitability of the shares in the companies you own. As corporate profits increase, corporations become more valuable and sooner or later, their shares will sell for a higher price.

  Peter Lynch

  Running, Long, Investing

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• I've always said, the key organ here isn't the brain, it's the stomach. When things start to decline - there are bad headlines in the papers and on television - will you have the stomach for the market volatility and the broad-based pessimism that tends to come with it?

  Peter Lynch

  Learning, Keys, History

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• You have to let the big ones make up for your mistakes.

  Peter Lynch

  Mistake, Bigs

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• Long shots almost always miss the mark.

  Peter Lynch

  Long, Missing, Shots

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.305, Simon and Schuster

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• If you're prepared to invest in a company, then you ought to be able to explain why in simple language that a fifth grader could understand, and quickly enough so the fifth grader won't get bored.

  Peter Lynch

  Inspirational, Money, Intelligent

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

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• I deal in facts, not forecasting the future. That's crystal ball stuff. That doesn't work.

  Peter Lynch

  Balls, Stuff, Crystals

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• I can't recall ever once having seen the name of a market timer on Forbes' annual list of the richest people in the world. If it were truly possible to predict corrections, you'd think somebody would have made billions by doing it.

  Peter Lynch

  Thinking, Names, People

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• Investing is fun and exciting, but dangerous if you don't do any work.

  Peter Lynch

  Fun, Investing, Exciting

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• The best stock to buy is the one you already own.

  Peter Lynch

  Investing

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• Average investors can become experts in their own field and can pick winning stocks as effectively as Wall Street professionals by doing just a little research.

  Peter Lynch

  Wall, Winning, Average

  Peter Lynch (2012). “One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In”, p.306, Simon and Schuster

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• Stocks are a safe bet, but only if you stay invested long enough to ride out the corrections.

  Peter Lynch

  Long, Investing, Safe

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• Hold no more stocks than you can remain informed on.

  Peter Lynch

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.34, Simon and Schuster

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• Invest in what you know.

  Peter Lynch

  Knows

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• The Rule of 72 is useful in determining how fast money will grow. Take the annual return from any investment, expressed as a percentage, and divide it into 72. The result is the number of years it will take to double your money.

  Peter Lynch

  Years, Numbers, Return

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.108, Simon and Schuster

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• There is always something to worry about. Avoid weekend thinking and ignoring the latest dire predictions of the newscasters. Sell a stock because the company's fundamentals deteriorate, not because the sky is falling.

  Peter Lynch

  Fall, Weekend, Thinking

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• You get recessions, you have stock market declines. If you don't understand that's going to happen, then you're not ready, you won't do well in the markets.

  Peter Lynch

  Investing, Investment, Decline

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• The person that turns over the most rocks wins the game. And that's always been my philosophy.

  Peter Lynch

  Success, Philosophy, Winning

  "Frontline", www.pbs.org.

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