William O'Neil
Investor
"If you own a portfolio of stocks, you must learn to sell the worst performers first and keep the best a little longer."
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Nick Murray
Author and Educator
"Long-term investment success is almost totally a function of how one emotionally handles declines in the equity market, as opposed to how one's portfolio handles them."
Benjamin Graham
Investor, Author
"Avoid second-quality issues in making up a portfolio unless they are demonstrable bargains."
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Author, Statistician
"When an investor focuses on short-term investments, he or she is observing the variability of the portfolio, not the returns - in short, being fooled by randomness."
Benjamin Graham
Investor, Author
"Even defensive portfolios should be changed from time to time, especially if the securities purchased have an apparently excessive advance and can be replaced by issues much more reasonable priced."
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"Beta and modern portfolio theory and the like - none of it makes any sense to me."
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"The greater the potential for reward in the value portfolio, the less risk there is."
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"You know, we've got so much on Bravo and coming up on Bravo, and I think we have so much more going on than 'The Real Housewives.' And I think 'The Real Housewives' is a great, you know, great addition to the portfolio. I think it brings a lot of viewers under our umbrella. And I think they stay and sample other shows."
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"Never ask anyone for their opinion, forecast, or recommendation. Just ask them what they have—or don’t have—in their portfolio."
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"It's quite clear that stocks are cheaper than bonds. I can't imagine anybody having bonds in their portfolio when they can own equities, a diversified group of equities. But people do because they, the lack of confidence. But that's what makes for the attractive prices. If they had their confidence back, they wouldn't be selling at these prices. And believe me, it will come back over time."
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"Always keep your portfolio and your risk at your own individual comfortable sleeping point."
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"The free market is at its best when everybody works in a fish bowl and tells you their point of view The hedge funds and portfolio managers have a right to do this We've muted the analysts and their presence in the system."
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"Gold is no longer an investment. Gold is no longer a portfolio item. Gold is certainly not a trading vehicle. Gold is your lifeline and I mean that literally."
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