Kevin O'Leary Quotes

If you are an investor who's retired and hopes to live off the income that your portfolio is generating, then we would focus just on the dividend yield.

When you look at dividend returns on equities versus bond yields, to me it's a pretty easy decision to be heavily in equities.

Owning equities is an essential part of anyone's portfolio. You just can't ignore it over time. It's going to add the real pop to anyone's overall performance.

The philosophy to 'buy and hold' is a philosophy that I use to manage funds.

What I put in the stock market, I don't have to touch in my lifetime. I want to live off my bonds. I want to be that safe.

We like to invest in market leaders.

I'm going to retain a lot of Microsoft's stock.

Time is on your side when you own shares of superior companies.

You could lose hundreds or thousands one day on paper and gain it all back the next, and it has literally no effect on your immediate future, provided the money you have in the market is money you're investing for the long haul (meaning at least three to five years).

I want attractive stocks that will benefit from persistent institutional buying pressure.

Money you won't need to use for at least seven years is money for investing. The goal here is to have your account grow over time to help you finance a distant goal, such as building a retirement fund. Since your goal is in the future, money for investing belongs in stocks.

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

Ex-Fidelity mutual fund manager Peter Lynch was certainly brilliant in one respect: he knew to get out when the gettin' was good.

Both from the standpoint of stocks and bonds, an investor wants to go where the growth is.

I'm a very passive investor.

If you're an investor who wants a little bit more from the capital-appreciation side of things, but still likes this concept of getting 'paid by the company,' then we would tell that investor to pursue shareholder yield.

Right now I own shares of companies in 28 countries.

Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, 'Too much of a good thing can be wonderful'.

I don't think that's changed at all. I think there are a thousand stocks out there that could make you rich, totally independent of what you do for a living.

The Interros strategy toward various assets generally depends on the stage of their development and level of their maturity.

Every time there's a dip in the market, we buy. If you don't buy the land right, it ain't going to work.

How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case.

There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate [on the Stock Market]: when he can't afford it, and when he can.

We don't really look at the stock, you know? Because for us, it's about the long term. And so we're very much focused on long-term shareholder value but not the short-term kind of stuff.

I never heard of anyone saying they want to deploy their capital wisely and go buy a sports franchise. What you want to do is just not lose money. You see, I don't have to work anymore. I tell people I don't have a real job. On the other hand, I learned long ago that you can't go broke if you turn a profit.