Volatility quotes
13 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"The true investor welcomes volatility ... a wildly fluctuating market means that irrationally low prices will periodically be attached to solid businesses."
"Impermanence is not something to be afraid of. It's the evolution, a never-ending horizon."
"Never think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever."
"Any system that is deprived of its natural volatility, with government up (unintelligible) volatile, any system becomes very fragile."
"I am not going to make decisions based on barricades and blockades, nor am I going to make decisions based on the short-term volatility of the oil price."
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"Political life loves some volatility."