Warren Buffett Quotes

Put all your eggs in one basket... the handle's going to break. Then all you've got is scrambled eggs.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

I mean if you put all of your eggs in one basket, boy, and that thing blows up you've got a real problem.

Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

It's bad enough that you have to take market risk. Only a fool takes on the additional risk of doing yet more damage by failing to diversify properly with his or her nest egg. Avoid the problem-buy a well-run index fund and own the whole market.

I put all my eggs in one basket and invested in property. I didn't do anything internationally - it was all in Ireland.

It is the part of the wise man ... not even to venture all his eggs in one basket.

Even from the very beginning, I didn't put any money in the stock market.

Nobody ever lost money taking a profit.

I like to invest in companies where I can really add value from my experience, network, etc., so checking out my portfolio of other investments, and my background, will generally give some guidance there.

There's a tendency to look at investments in isolation. Investors focus on the risk of individual securities.

The thing to do with mutual funds is to buy a couple of decent ones, set up an investment plan and then never, ever think about them again, except maybe once a quarter or so when you take a peek at your statements to make sure that you have not accidentally been buying the Fidelity Peace-in-the-Middle-East fund.

Do not buy the hype from Wall St. and the press that stocks always go up. There are long periods when stocks do nothing and other investments are better.

It is important for investors to understand what they do and don't know. Learn to recognize that you cannot possibly know what is going to happen in the future, and any investment plan that is dependent on accurately forecasting where markets will be next year is doomed to failure.

In long term investments, you don't need day to day management.

In my day job, I worry non-stop about making wise investments for long-term gains.

I create offbeat advice; I don't follow it. I rarely take third-party advice on my investments.

I'm primarily just an investor.

I invest in funds myself even though I run my own fund for my daughters.

I really did believe that the most successful investments were the ones that you could own for the long run.

You, your employer and your plan's investment managers fail to follow even the most basic rules of investing. You overtrade, chase performance, do not think long term. All of you - All Of You - have done a horrible job managing your retirement plans.

I'm not emotional about investments. Investing is something where you have to be purely rational and not let emotion affect your decision making - just the facts.

My view is that one should diversify broadly across different fund investments. However, it's tough for investors to try to pick the appropriate risk level that they should manage their funds at. Having a personal adviser would be helpful.

It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.

Learn to invest in investments where you can achieve an honest, legal advantage over other investors. When it comes to investing, why play on a level field?