What has been the most consistently profitable investment over the last century? Is it real estate? Good guess, but not quite. Maybe bonds? A safe investment, but not always the most profitable. Gold has always been valuable right? Correct, but it hasn’t been number one. So what is it? Stocks! There is never a better time to get involved in the stock market than now so here are the 30 best quotes about the stock market by great investors and economists to get you excited about investing!
1) “Courage has taught me that no matter how bad a crisis gets… any sound investment will eventually pay off.” – Carlos Slim
2) “Know what you own, and know why you own it.” – Peter Lynch
3) “It’s not whether you’re right or wrong that’s important, but how much money you make when you’re right and how much you lose when you’re wrong.” – George Soros
4) “History provides a crucial insight regarding market crises: they are inevitable, painful and ultimately surmountable.” – Shelby M.C. Davis
5) “How many multimillionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case.” – Robert G. Allen
6) “The stock market is a device to transfer money from the impatient to the patient.” – Warren Buffet
One little known fact that always encourages me to invest more frequently: since 1985 the NASDAQ has gone up a whopping 5,486% in the last 40 years. For context, that means if you invested just $100 in 1985 you would have over a half a million dollars towards your retirement if you cashed out today. Some people nervous investing in the stock market because they don’t feel confident in their investing ability or don’t believe they know enough about companies to make solid decisions about stocks. The good news is, the best way to make money in the stock market is time, not knowledge. By investing in general funds and ETFS you can lower your risk and still make an absolute killing!
7) “The key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them.” – Peter Lynch
8) “In the short term, the stock market is a voting machine; in the long-term, it is a weighing machine.” – Benjamin Graham
9) “Don’t look for the needle in the haystack – just buy the haystack!” – John Bogle
10) “Waiting helps you as an investor and a lot of people just can’t stand to wait. If you didn’t get the deferred-gratification gene, you’ve got to work very hard to overcome that.” – Charlie Munger
11) “In investing, what is comfortable is rarely profitable.” – Robert Arnott
12) “The biggest risk of all is not taking one.” – Melody Hobson
13) “Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas.” – Paul Samuelson
14) “Take measured risks.” – Doris P. Meister
15) “The four most dangerous words in investing are: it’s different this time” – Sir John Templeton
16) “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understand it, earns it. He who doesn’t, pays it.” – Albert Einstein
Compound interest is an incredibly power force and you can use it to exponentially increase your wealth when harnessed correctly. There is a reason why brilliant minds like Einstein advised of its power. Use compound interest to leverage your investments into true long-term wealth!
17) “Don’t try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can’t be done except by liars.” Bernard Baruch
18) “If you aren’t willing to own a stock for 10 years, don’t even think about owning it for 10 minutes.” – Warren Buffett
19) “The stock market is filled with individuals who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing.” – Phillip Fisher
20) “The individual investor should act consistently as an investor and not as a speculator.” – Benjamin Graham
21) “You make most of your money in a bear market, you just don’t realize it at the time.” – Shelby Cullom Davis
22) “A 10% decline in the market is fairly common – it happens about once a year. Investors who realize this are less likely to sell in a panic, and more likely to remain invested, benefitting from the wealth-building power of stocks.” – Christopher Davis
23) “Far more money has been lost by investors trying to anticipate corrections, than lost in the corrections themselves.” – Peter Lynch
24) “The function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.” – John Kenneth Galbraith
25) “The best time to plant a tree was twenty-years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb
26) “The most contrarian thing of all is not to oppose the crowd but to think for yourself.” – Peter Thiel
27) “Given a 10% of a 100% payout, you should take that bet every time.” – Jeff Bezos
28) “Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.” – Warren Buffett
29) “To be a successful business owner and investor, you have to be emotionally neutral to winning and losing. Winning and losing are just part of the game.” – Robert Kiyosaki
30) “To earn the highest of returns that are realistically possible, you should invest with simplicity.” – John Bogle
Sometimes it takes words of encouragement or wisdom from others to get us to do the things we already know we should – in this case, to invest! Hopefully some of these quotes about the stock market have inspired you to build your investment portfolio and start create wealth both for yourself and for many generations to come.