Peter Lynch Quotes

200 Peter Lynch Quotes

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A stock does not know that you own it.
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Don't become so attached to a winner that complacency sets in and you stop monitoring the story.
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If a stock goes to zero, you lose just as much money whether you bought it at $50, $25, $5, or $2—everything you invested.
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By careful pruning and rotation based on fundamentals, you can improve your results. When stocks are out of line with reality and better alternatives exist, sell them and switch into something else.
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When favourable cards turn up, add to your bet, and vice versa.
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You won't improve results by pulling out the flowers and watering the weeds.
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If you don't think you can beat the market, then buy a mutual fund and save yourself a lot of extra work and money.
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There is always something to worry about.
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Keep an open mind to new ideas.
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You don't have to "kiss all the girls." I've missed my share of tenbaggers and it hasn't kept me from beating the market.
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Of the stocks that I buy, three months later I am happy with less than a quarter of them. So if I like to look at ten stocks, it’s better for me to buy all ten, and then go on studying and researching. Perhaps I won’t like a number of them later on, but I can keep the ones that I do like, and increase those positions.
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If you see enough companies and do enough work, you’ll either be there when a company is doing poorly and is turning around, or you’ll call them up a little later and they’ll say things are better.
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Separate all stock tips from the tipper, even if the tipper is very smart, very rich, and his or her last tip went up.
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Some stock tips, especially from an expert in the field, may turn out to be quite valuable. However, people in the paper industry normally give out tips on drug stocks, and people in the health care field never run out of tips on the coming takeovers in the paper industry.
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By God! That’ll do.
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You have to stay tuned.
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I wouldn’t trade any of them [His three girls] for two boys and a hundred thousand shares of IBM.
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When the operas outnumber the football games three to zero, you know there is something wrong with your life.
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You can’t see the future through a rearview mirror.
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There’s no point paying Yo-Yo Ma to play a radio.
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Investors bail out of stocks because they worry that companies can’t grow their earnings fast enough to keep up with inflation.
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If you’re going to invest in a stock, you have to know the story.
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Confusing the price with the story is the biggest mistake an investor can make.
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Companies that sell soft drinks, hamburgers, medicines – things that people either can’t do without or can easily afford – can sail through a recession unscathed.
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Cyclical companies either sell expensive products, make parts for expensive products, or produce the raw materials used in expensive products. In recessions, consumers stop buying expensive products.
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The thing to remember is that we’ve wiggled out of every recession since the one that turned into the Great Depression.
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You have to have faith that inflation will cool down eventually, and that recessions will thaw out.
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As long as you picking a fund, you might as well pick a good one. When yields on long-term government bonds exceed the dividend yield of the S&P 500 by 6 percent or more, sell your stocks and buy bonds.
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Not all common stocks are equally common.
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The best stock to buy may be the one you already own.
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A sure cure for taking a stock for granted is a big drop in the price.
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Never bet on a comeback while they’re playing ‘taps’.
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If you like the store, chances are you’ll love the stock.
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When insiders are buying, it’s a good sign – unless they happen to be New England bankers.
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In business, competition is never as healthy as total domination.
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When even the analysts are bored, it’s time to start buying.
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Unless you’re a short seller or a poet looking for a wealthy spouse, it never pays to be pessimistic.
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Corporations, like people, change their names for one of two reasons: either they’ve gotten married, or they’ve been involved in some fiasco that they hope the public will forget.
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Whatever the queen is selling, buy it.
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Never look back when you’re driving on the autobahn.
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