John Templeton Quotes

I have no complaints about losing money I put in high-risk investments. I did some of that when I had real money; my informed choice, my measured gamble.

Diversification is an established tenet of conservative investment.

Diversification is your buddy.

I have yet to take capital losses on any company. Then again, it's still early.

Too many people say to their brokers, I can't deal with this. Take my money. Do what you want. That's the worst attitude you can have.

I know where I'm putting my money.

Nobody ever lost money taking a profit.

I have a million dollars in the stock market, because if I lose a million dollars, I don't personally care.

I don't want to be on anyone's board. I just want to have good investments.

I'm not sure at all that I'm any good at this mentoring/investing business - that's why I'm using my own money, and that's why it's not a career.

I'm making a case against how money managers are handling customers' money. The objective of the customer is not being met if the fund managers are diversifying their assets into hundreds of businesses. If they do this, they are typically performing close to the indexes. But that's not the way wealth is created.

I have only ever borrowed money for investment. I have been sound money all my life.

The things that I've learned is, try to make all the mistakes with your own money and on a small level so that when you are responsible for a partner's money or assets, you've learned, and you don't make bigger mistakes.

One of the rules I've learned is that struggling to try and think your way into making an investment is usually the best way to not have a great outcome.

Trust me: I know a good investment when I see one.

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

If the fluctuations in your investment portfolio are reduced, the impact of emotions and behavior on your account is also reduced.

Thousands of people have tried, and the evidence is clear: The more you trade, the less you keep.

There is a close logical connection between the concept of a safety margin and the principle of diversification.

With enough insider information and a million dollars, you can go broke in a year.

Investing is laying out money now to get more money back in the future.

The worst thing you can do with money is save it.

You can't find returns in investments you haven't made.

You must never delude yourself into thinking that you're investing when you're speculating.

The average American thinks billionaire investors are going to be right based on some talking head. They invest and they have no backup plan. Americans think these guys are giant risk-takers. The truth is they believe in taking as little risk as humanly possible, for the maximum amount of upside. They're looking for that spread of disproportionate risk-reward.