Suze Orman Quotes

In the world of money and investing, you must learn to control your emotions.

I was a writer for 'New York' magazine. I had been to business school, but what did I know? Still, everybody from the receptionists on up to the editor would ask me what they should do with their money.

The starting point of my career in money management in 1973-74 was the time of the only true bear market any living non-Japanese investor has seen in major markets. Equities, real estate, you name it, everyone got run over.

Finance is wholly different from the rest the economy.

When I come to work each day, whether as a commentator for TheStreet.com or a host of Mad Money With Jim Cramer, I have only one thought in mind: helping people with their money.

Truth be told, most financial television bores me. Two or more people discussing the latest economic trends or hot stocks is not especially entertaining.

There can be few fields of human endeavor in which history counts for so little as in the world of finance.

My investment advice is rooted in my understanding of economics.

If I've learned anything as an economic analyst, it is that the stock market and economic winds can shift by the hour.

When the time is right, I'll start making investments and try to flip my money.

When I meet people on airplanes and they find out I'm an economist, they usually ask about stock tips.

If your investing approach requires that you become Nostradamus to succeed, then you are destined to fail.

Investors have to ask themselves two questions. How much can we grow our investments? And, can we afford our mistakes?

The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.

I have plenty of money, unlike other Hollywood celebrities or athletes that have not invested well.

A financial crisis is a great time for professional investors and a horrible time for average ones.

You have a class of investors and you have a class of speculators. The speculators historically haven't been big enough to cause the investors to doubt the long-term vision of stock.

There's no skill. You can be a rock and move into another cash bracket.

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

My adversary is the world of finance.

Investing is about making probabilistic decisions with limited information about an unknowable future. The variables are well known, as are the possible outcomes.

It's fine to seek professional help, but I urge everyone - no matter how big their portfolio - to truly understand every suggestion they're given before acting.

A financial plan is a way to take all of the money advice you come across and figure out how it applies to your specific financial situation.

My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around.

I have observed that money left without special guidance is sometimes used well and sometimes not.