Arundhati Bhattacharya Quotes

You've always got to think about having some fixed income in your portfolio as well as equities.

Owning a variety of asset classes means that some part of your portfolio will be doing well when the cyclical turmoil arises. A broadly diversified portfolio includes large capitalization stocks, small cap, emerging markets, fixed income, real estate and commodities.

In college, I was told the market can't be beat.

Having different types of stocks in your portfolio can enhance returns.

All my money is in a savings account. My dad has explained the stock market to me maybe 75 times. I still don't understand it.

If the investor doesn't have enough time and skill to investigate individual stocks or enough money to diversify a portfolio, the right thing to do is to invest in exchange-traded funds that give you exposure to asset classes. It does make sense for the individual investor to think in terms of holding individual asset classes.

We shouldn't think anyone needs a Ph.D. in advanced investing in order to begin to invest.

I had done some work on index funds in my senior thesis at Princeton in 1951.

There's no such thing as a favorite investment. But I think I tend to invest in Asia in promising countries, in equities, in real estate, and I own precious metals, obviously.

Our balance sheet provides us with the ability to act on investment opportunities in appropriate areas that diversify and broaden our portfolio, including the gas and energy sector.

What I'm trying to say is that for the average investor, what I would encourage them to do is to understand that there's inflation and growth. It can go higher and lower and to have four different portfolios essentially that make up your entire portfolio that gets you balanced.

No one knows what the top-performing asset class will be next year. Lacking this prescience, your next-best solution is to own all of the classes and rebalance regularly.

At first, the only thing that I learned was to save. Then I learned about mutual fund, then later on direct stock investments. I also went into small businesses and even real estate.

If I have cash and I can't figure a way to put it into real estate or my business, I hold it in gold and silver.

When I was very young, maybe 12 years, I began to make investments.

The beauty of diversification is it's about as close as you can get to a free lunch in investing.

To make the most of your money, I recommend sticking with mutual funds that don't charge a commission when you buy or sell.

You have to know what you own. You have to really do your homework in terms of knowing what supports your bonds.

Money and investing can be complex, confusing, and often boring subjects.

Diversify, because that helps reduce risk. And you can diversify outside the United States. Some people would never invest in Europe - I think that's a mistake.

I've been studying mutual funds since 1949, when I began researching my senior thesis at Princeton University.

I think it is crucial to diversify one's portfolio.

I don't think you should put all your money in one place. It must be invested in different investments.

To be a good investor, you have to think differently from others.

Diversification is an established tenet of conservative investment.