Will Rogers Quotes

I'm not so much interested in the return ON my money as I am in the return OF my money.

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

Investors need to get rewarded for their investment, especially in unstable countries.

Yes, prudently invested contributions to the Social Security fund may bring greater dividends, but those contributions would also face a greater risk. It would be like gambling. We should not gamble with the investments and the future of the citizens of this land.

I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom.

We want to be a secure investment, a little bit like a bond.

There is always risk involved. You can't be a capitalist only when there are investment profits but then a socialist when you experience losses.

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.

People are very focused on value and preservation of capital. They're a lot less risk-prone than they used to be.

I've learned that all investments have risk.

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.

Never put your savings in risky investments. Only disposable income should find its way there.

Invest your money safely. Avoid the risky lure of spectacular returns; go for an investment that cannot lose its value. This is why I have put all my spare cash into buying not shares, but thousands of penny chews.

My father invested his money so securely in the banking business that he was never able to get any of it out again.

To have a true investment, there must be a true margin of safety. And a true margin of safety is one that can be demonstrated by figures, by persuasive reasoning, and by reference to a body of actual experience.

Losing some money is an inevitable part of investing, and there's nothing you can do to prevent it. But to be an intelligent investor, you must take responsibility for ensuring that you never lose most or all of your money.

It would be one of the most irritating experiences in the world to do a lot of work to uncover a fraud and then at have it go from X to 3X and at h the crooks happily partying with your money while you're meeting margin calls. Why would you want to go within hailing distance of that?

If your broker or investment advisor is not familiar with the concept of standard deviation of returns, get a new one.

My basic advise is don't lose money

Confronted with a challenge to distill the secret of sound investment into three words, we venture the motto, Margin of Safety.

Investing isn’t risky; not being in control is risky.

In my view, the biggest investment risk is not the volatility of prices, but whether you will suffer a permanent loss of capital. Not only is the mere drop in stock prices not risk, but it is an opportunity. Where else do you look for cheap stocks?

I don't like to discuss my investments.

There is scarcely an instance of a man who has made a fortune by speculation and kept it