Louis Navellier Quotes

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).

Even from the very beginning, I didn't put any money in the stock market.

Do not buy the hype from Wall St. and the press that stocks always go up. There are long periods when stocks do nothing and other investments are better.

Here is a dirty little secret: Stock-picking is wildly overrated. Sure, it makes for great cocktail party chatter, and what is more fun than delving into a company's new products? But the truth is that individual stocks are riskier than broad indices.

One of our big challenges with the newsletter is that everyone thinks big stocks are safe. That's not true at all. They're only safe if the money is flowing there.

The best argument for mutual funds is that they offer safety and diversification. But they don't necessarily offer safety and diversification.

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

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.

I had some airline stock, but the airlines tanked. I didn't have a lot of money in them, though.

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.

I think that stocks have been this tremendous, tremendous equalizer for people in this country. Guys who can't make a lot of money at their jobs have been able to make a lot of money in the stock market.

Cash - in savings accounts, short-term CDs or money market deposits - is great for an emergency fund. But to fulfill a long-term investment goal like funding your retirement, consider buying stocks. The more distant your financial target, the longer inflation will gnaw at the purchasing power of your money.

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.

Americans no longer look to government for economic security; rather, they look to their portfolios.

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.

Mutual funds have historically offered safety and diversification. And they spare you the responsibility of picking individual stocks.

The stock market is not a good arbitrator of success over the long term.

There is no 20-year period in American history when stocks lost money.

We have a broad range of investments. Anyone who invests in emerging markets around the world has investments in Russia. This is a tiny portion of our portfolio.

Regardless of what the future holds, intelligent investment in common stocks offer a solid route for a reasonable return on investment going forward.

Equity mutual funds are the perfect solution for people who want to own stocks without doing their own research.

Mutual funds are an overrated investment heavily promoted by Wall Street.

Every portfolio benefits from bonds; they provide a cushion when the stock market hits a rough patch. But avoiding stocks completely could mean your investment won't grow any faster than the rate of inflation.

As a rule, bond funds will not double your money overnight.

I'm involved in the stock market, which is fun and, sometimes, very painful.