Noreena Hertz Quotes

I had a couple of million dollars' worth of... stock once. And now it's not worth much more than wallpaper. I guess I just wasn't born to be rich.

We aren't going to let our first investment be the best.

If you invest in something a little more expensive with longevity, you'll use it more.

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.

I was a stock broker once. I think there is an absolute place for market investments. But they should never be the basis of one's retirement. They should be an additional piece on top of a basic, secure, guaranteed retirement benefit.

I'd stay away from investments in a variety of sectors that are capital intensive. Anyone who says we need $100 million before we know if what we're doing makes sense and the customers want it - that's not going to work.

Do I want to see people take their Social Security payments and put them into private accounts, open up an eTrade account and go into the stock market? Absolutely not.

Even people who feel perfectly comfortable investing in the stock market and owning their own homes often have qualms about individual medical accounts or Social Security private accounts.

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.

Because of my own experience with market fluctuation, I recognize the great risks one takes on investments. This converts the Social Security safety net into a risky proposition many cannot afford to take.

Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.

I might make an investment and lose some money, but that's something I can recover from.

In the investment business, you must expect to be wrong.

The government can’t guarantee that you should earn profit from your investments.

Social Security has proved far more solvent and sound than anything Wall Street has produced.

My investment advice is rooted in my understanding of economics.

The best investments are the easiest ones to approve.

The great skill of investment is to know when the right time is to get out. Getting in's easy.

I used to not talk much to anyone about my investments.

I would suggest that you only take advice from those people who have a lot of experience and who you trust as well. Also, be extremely conservative with your investments.

If a founder has passion and innovation, he needs to be supported. I am more intuitive than a numbers person, and I recognise that not all investments are going to be positive. Some may fail, and some may have problems for other reasons. That is life.

I haven't changed any of my investments since I've been in the Senate and haven't purchased any stocks since I've been in the Senate.

Many financial advisors recommend that you diversify for your own protection. What they fail to tell you is that it is also for their protection. Since most financial advisors cannot tell you exactly which stock or mutual fund is a great investment, they tell you to buy a bunch of them.

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.

The ideal time period to get an investment is when you've already proved your concept and know what you're doing, and it's about adding water to the seeds.