Leon Cooperman Quotes

103 Leon Cooperman Quotes

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[In 2011 on evaluating management teams.] You evaluate management twice in the decision - making process. Once, through the face – to - face interrogation. You ask them questions and they respond and you make a judgment about the quality of their responses. In addition, the quality of management also manifests itself in the numbers: in ROE (absolute and relative to competitors), return on total capital, growth rate, industry position, trend of market share, and profit margins.
Leon Cooperman

[In 2011] I would attribute my success to hard work, surrounding myself with good people, and a fair amount of luck.
Leon Cooperman

[In 2011] Our clients have a right to expect more because they‘re paying more.
Leon Cooperman

[In 2011] When the market‘s high, I have to figure out how I can get hedged and when the market‘s low, I have to figure out how I can get leveraged to the opportunity. You‘re constantly on the balls of your feet. There‘s no relaxing.
Leon Cooperman

[In 2011] You come to work with a total commitment to the clients‘ interests or you go to work in a different industry.
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[In 2011 on common errors in analysis.] In every sector it‘s different… You can’t standardize the error.
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Always try to surround yourself with the very best people. Don‘t feel threatened by good people. You should feel that having them around is to your advantage.
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[In November 2011.] While I have been richly rewarded by a life of hard work (and a great deal of luck), I was not to-the-manor-born. My father was a plumber who practiced his trade in the South Bronx after he and my mother emigrated from Poland. I was the first member of my family to earn a college degree.
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[In November 2011.] When I joined Goldman Sachs following graduation from Columbia University's business school, I had no money in the bank, a negative net worth, a National Defense Education Act student loan to repay, and a six-month-old child (not to mention his mother, my wife of now 47 years) to support.
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[In November 2011.] As a result of my good fortune, I have been able to give away to those less blessed far more than I have spent on myself and my family over a lifetime, and last year I subscribed to Warren Buffet's Giving Pledge to ensure that my money, properly stewarded, continues to do some good after I'm gone.
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[In June 2012.] The market is very sick. We have to take advantage.
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[In June 2012.] Stocks are the best house in the financial asset neighborhood. It’s not clear whether it’s a good neighborhood or a bad neighborhood.
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[In June 2012.] With an average IQ and a strong work ethic, you can go far.
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[In June 2012.] I don’t have a lot of outside interests. I don’t do well with leisure. I like a structured life.
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[In June 2012.] Buy low, sell high, cut your losses, let your profits run.
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[In May 2013.] You are your brother's keeper, and we have a moral imperative to help others less fortunate
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[In May 2013.] The bear market that ended in March of '09 was twice as severe as the average. Most bear markets are induced by economic contractions.
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[In May 2013.] The Federal Reserve, in my humble opinion, has created an environment where there is no effective alternative to common stocks.
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[In May 2013.] At Omega we ask ourselves every day, ‘What's unusual about the environment? What's normal, and where should the market be if everything was normal?’
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[In May 2013.] Everybody is moving up the risk curve.
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[In October 2013] The stock market is not overvalued now, but it’s no bargain anymore.
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[In 2011.] Some people are wary of the information the stock market is imparting because, they would say, it has priced in 10 out of the last 7 recessions. In my opinion, however, that‘s a better record than most economists.
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You’ve got to be committed to this business or get out.
Leon Cooperman


Bonus

[In June 2012] He’s been around a long time and seen bad markets and good markets, and he’s survived them all successfully.
John Whitehead (Former Co-Chairman of Goldman Sachs.)

If Bruce Springsteen is the hardest-working man in rock ’n’ roll, Lee is the hardest-working man in the investment business.
Barry Rosenstein (Co-founder of Jana Partners LLC.)

He’s the first one in the office, the last one out. He loves what he does.
Tomas Arlia (Head of hedge funds – GE Asset Management Inc.)



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