Stanley Druckenmiller Quotes

You have to keep your priorities straight if you plan to do well in stocks.

Internally, when we manage portfolios, we figure out what works in large cap, what works in mid cap, what works in small cap. Generally speaking, large cap stocks want earning stability, strong cash flow, margin expansion.

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

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

One of the very nice things about investing in the stock market is that you learn about all different aspects of the economy. It's your window into a very large world.

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.

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?

Investing in a poker game and investing in stocks, at least the way I do it, it's a very similar skillset.

I'm going to reveal the grand secret to getting rich by investing. It's a simple formula that has worked for Warren Buffett, Carl Icahn and all the greatest investment gurus over the years. Ready? Buy low, sell high.

Investing is about intellectual honesty. You want to know what you know. You want to know, mostly, what you don't know.

Trust me: it's cool to invest.

Successful investing is all about common sense.

Wise investors won't try to outsmart the market.

The stock market is a giant distraction from the business of investing.

Zeroing in on the best sectors or the best regions of the world is great, but zeroing in on the very best individual stocks is the key to making truly impressive profits.

The ability to select stocks, manage them over time and know when to sell them is incredibly difficult, even for professional fund managers.

Our balance sheet provides us with the ability to act on investment opportunities in appropriate areas that diversify and broaden our portfolio, including the gas and energy sector.

Both cheap value stocks and more glamorous growth stocks can work well in a portfolio - if done right.

Mutual funds give people the sense that they're investing with the big boys and that they're really not at a disadvantage entering the stock market.

The real key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them.

What I'm trying to say is that for the average investor, what I would encourage them to do is to understand that there's inflation and growth. It can go higher and lower and to have four different portfolios essentially that make up your entire portfolio that gets you balanced.

Money management has been a profession involving a lot of fakery - people saying they can beat the market, and they really can't.

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

I have invested in the stock market since I was very young.

I believe in the future, and to be a good investor, you have to believe in the future.