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Peter Lynch Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

When stocks are attractive, you buy them. Sure, they can go lower. I’ve bought stocks at $12 that went to $2, but then they later went to $30. You just don’t know when you can find the bottom Picture Quote #1

The person that turns over the most rocks wins the game. And that’s always been my philosophy Picture Quote #1

The biggest winners are surprises to me, and takeovers are even more surprising. It takes years, not months, to produce big results Picture Quote #1

The more cash that builds up in the treasury, the greater the pressure to piss it away Picture Quote #1

Stocks are a safe bet, but only if you stay invested long enough to ride out the corrections Picture Quote #1

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The real key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them Picture Quote #1

In this business if you’re good, you’re right six times out of ten. You’re never going to be right nine times out of ten Picture Quote #1

All you need for a lifetime of successful investing is a few big winners, and the pluses from those will overwhelm the minuses from the stocks that don’t work out Picture Quote #1

Searching for companies is like looking for grubs under rocks: if you turn over 10 rocks you’ll likely find one grub; if you turn over 20 rocks you’ll find two Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

In the long run, it’s not just how much money you make that will determine your future prosperity. It’s how much of that money you put to work by saving it and investing it Picture Quote #1

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If you spend more than 13 minutes analyzing economic and market forecasts, you’ve wasted 10 minutes Picture Quote #1

There’s no shame in losing money on a stock. Everybody does it. What is shameful is to hold on to a stock, or worse, to buy more of it when the fundamentals are deteriorating Picture Quote #1

If you can’t find any companies that you think are attractive, put your money in the bank until you discover some Picture Quote #1

I’m always fully invested. It’s a great feeling to be caught with your pants up Picture Quote #1

It would be wonderful if we could avoid the setbacks with timely exits, but nobody has figured out how to predict them Picture Quote #1

That’s not to say there’s no such thing as an overvalued market, but there’s no point worrying about it Picture Quote #1

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You can find good reasons to scuttle your equities in every morning paper and on every broadcast of the nightly news Picture Quote #1

Equity mutual funds are the perfect solution for people who want to own stocks without doing their own research Picture Quote #1

Visiting stores and testing products is one of the critical elements of the analyst’s job Picture Quote #1

As I look back on it now, it’s obvious that studying history and philosophy was much better preparation for the stock market than, say, studying statistics Picture Quote #1

Investing in stocks is an art, not a science, and people who’ve been trained to rigidly quantify everything have a big disadvantage Picture Quote #1

In our society, it’s been the men who’ve handled most of the finances, and the women who’ve stood by and watched men botch things up Picture Quote #1

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Everyone has the brainpower to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach. If you are susceptible to selling everything in a panic, you ought to avoid stocks and mutual funds altogether Picture Quote #1

Absent a lot of surprises, stocks are relatively predictable over twenty years. As to whether they’re going to be higher or lower in two to three years, you might as well flip a coin to decide Picture Quote #1

There are substantial rewards for adopting a regular routine of investing and following it no matter what, and additional rewards for buying more shares when most investors are scared into selling Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

You should not buy a stock because it’s cheap but because you know a lot about it Picture Quote #1

The extravagance of any corporate office is directly proportional to management’s reluctance to reward the shareholders Picture Quote #1

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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 Quotes) When stocks are attractive, you buy them. Sure, they can go lower. I’ve bought stocks at $12 that went to $2, but then they later went to $30. You just don’t know when you can find the bottom (Peter Lynch Quotes) The person that turns over the most rocks wins the game. And that’s always been my philosophy (Peter Lynch Quotes) The biggest winners are surprises to me, and takeovers are even more surprising. It takes years, not months, to produce big results (Peter Lynch Quotes) The more cash that builds up in the treasury, the greater the pressure to piss it away (Peter Lynch Quotes) Stocks are a safe bet, but only if you stay invested long enough to ride out the corrections (Peter Lynch Quotes) The real key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them (Peter Lynch Quotes) In this business if you’re good, you’re right six times out of ten. You’re never going to be right nine times out of ten (Peter Lynch Quotes) All you need for a lifetime of successful investing is a few big winners, and the pluses from those will overwhelm the minuses from the stocks that don’t work out (Peter Lynch Quotes) Searching for companies is like looking for grubs under rocks: if you turn over 10 rocks you’ll likely find one grub; if you turn over 20 rocks you’ll find two (Peter Lynch Quotes) 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 Quotes) In the long run, it’s not just how much money you make that will determine your future prosperity. It’s how much of that money you put to work by saving it and investing it (Peter Lynch Quotes) If you spend more than 13 minutes analyzing economic and market forecasts, you’ve wasted 10 minutes (Peter Lynch Quotes) There’s no shame in losing money on a stock. Everybody does it. What is shameful is to hold on to a stock, or worse, to buy more of it when the fundamentals are deteriorating (Peter Lynch Quotes) If you can’t find any companies that you think are attractive, put your money in the bank until you discover some (Peter Lynch Quotes) I’m always fully invested. It’s a great feeling to be caught with your pants up (Peter Lynch Quotes) It would be wonderful if we could avoid the setbacks with timely exits, but nobody has figured out how to predict them (Peter Lynch Quotes) That’s not to say there’s no such thing as an overvalued market, but there’s no point worrying about it (Peter Lynch Quotes) You can find good reasons to scuttle your equities in every morning paper and on every broadcast of the nightly news (Peter Lynch Quotes) Equity mutual funds are the perfect solution for people who want to own stocks without doing their own research (Peter Lynch Quotes) Visiting stores and testing products is one of the critical elements of the analyst’s job (Peter Lynch Quotes) As I look back on it now, it’s obvious that studying history and philosophy was much better preparation for the stock market than, say, studying statistics (Peter Lynch Quotes) Investing in stocks is an art, not a science, and people who’ve been trained to rigidly quantify everything have a big disadvantage (Peter Lynch Quotes) In our society, it’s been the men who’ve handled most of the finances, and the women who’ve stood by and watched men botch things up (Peter Lynch Quotes) Everyone has the brainpower to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach. If you are susceptible to selling everything in a panic, you ought to avoid stocks and mutual funds altogether (Peter Lynch Quotes) Absent a lot of surprises, stocks are relatively predictable over twenty years. As to whether they’re going to be higher or lower in two to three years, you might as well flip a coin to decide (Peter Lynch Quotes) There are substantial rewards for adopting a regular routine of investing and following it no matter what, and additional rewards for buying more shares when most investors are scared into selling (Peter Lynch Quotes) 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 Quotes) You should not buy a stock because it’s cheap but because you know a lot about it (Peter Lynch Quotes) The extravagance of any corporate office is directly proportional to management’s reluctance to reward the shareholders (Peter Lynch Quotes)

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