Peter Lynch Quotes
200 Peter Lynch Quotes
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Consider the size of a company if you expect it to profit from a specific product.
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Look for small companies that are already profitable and have proven that
their concept can be replicated.
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Be suspicious of companies with growth rates of 50 to 100 percent a year.
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Distrust diversifications, which usually turn out to be diworseifications.
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Long shots almost never pay off.
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It's better to miss the first move in a stock and wait to see if a company's plans
are working out.
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People get incredibly valuable fundamental information from their jobs that
may not reach the professionals for months or even years.
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Invest in simple companies that appear dull, mundane, out of favour, and haven't caught the fancy of Wall Street.
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Moderately fast growers (20 to 25 percent) in nongrowth industries are ideal investments.
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Look for companies with niches.
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When purchasing depressed stocks in troubled companies, seek out the ones with the superior financial positions and avoid the ones with loads of bank debt.
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Companies that have no debt can't go bankrupt.
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Managerial ability may be important, but it's quite difficult to assess. Base your purchases on the company's prospects, not on the president's resume or speaking ability.
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A lot of money can be made when a troubled company turns around.
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Carefully consider the price-earnings ratio. If the stock is grossly overpriced, even if everything else goes right, you won't make any money.
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Find a story line to follow as a way of monitoring a company's progress.
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Look for companies that consistently buy back their own shares.
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Study the dividend record of a company over the years and also how its
earnings have fared in past recessions.
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Look for companies with little or no institutional ownership.
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All else being equal, favour companies in which management has a significant personal investment over companies run by people that benefit only from their salaries.
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Insider buying is a positive sign, especially when several individuals are buying at once.
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Devote at least an hour a week to investment research. Adding up your dividends and figuring out your gains and losses doesn't count.
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Be patient. Watched stock never boils.
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Buying stocks based on stated book value alone is dangerous and illusory. It's real value that counts.
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When in doubt, tune in later.
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Invest at least as much time and effort in choosing a new stock as you would in choosing a new refrigerator.
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Sometime in the next month, year, or three years, the market will decline sharply.
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Market declines are great opportunities to buy stocks in companies you like. Corrections - Wall Street's definition of going down a lot - push outstanding companies to bargain prices.
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Trying to predict the direction of the market over one year, or even two years, is impossible.
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To come out ahead you don't have to be right all the time, or even a majority of the time.
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The biggest winners are surprises to me, and takeovers are even more surprising. It takes years, not months, to produce big results.
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Different categories of stocks have different risks and rewards. You can make serious money by compounding a series of 20-30 percent gains in stalwarts.
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Stock prices often move in opposite directions from the fundamentals but long
term, the direction and sustainability of profits will prevail. Just because a company is doing poorly doesn't mean it can't do worse.
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Just because the price goes up doesn't mean you're right.
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Just because the price goes down doesn't mean you're wrong.
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Stalwarts with heavy institutional ownership and lots of Wall Street coverage
that have outperformed the market and are overpriced are due for a rest or a
decline.
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Buying a company with mediocre prospects just because the stock is cheap is a losing technique.
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Selling an outstanding fast grower because its stock seems slightly overpriced is a losing technique.
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Companies don't grow for no reason, nor do fast growers stay that way forever.
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You don't lose anything by not owning a successful stock, even if it's a ten bagger.
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