Sergio Marchionne Quotes

I am very conservative. I don't invest in anything that is risky. If someone comes to me with a project idea, I let them risk their money, not mine.

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

The last thing you want to do, unless it's a very unusual situation, is to invest money.

Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.

Because in the New Normal you are more worried about the return of your capital, not return on your capital.

As a matter of fact I trade in accordance to my means and always leave myself an ample margin of safety.

I'm smart with my money, I invest conservatively. I don't mind paying top-dollar, but I don't want to get ripped off.

We don't manage money for anyone else. We bear responsibility only for our own risks.

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

If you are not making any mistakes, you are being excessively risk-averse. Investing involves risk, and that means you will occasionally be wrong. And although it is okay to be wrong, it is not okay to stay wrong.

I just like to keep my money in the bank; I'm not a big risk-taker. I don't know anything about the stock market... I stay away from things I don't know anything about.

I haven't been as wild with my money as somebody like me might have been. I've been very safe, very conservative with investments. I don't blow money. I don't have a ton of houses. I know things can go away. I've already had that experience.

People with 401(k)s need to be very conservative. Picking bottoms should be for insiders and traders.

I'm a conservative businesswoman in a way because I try not to invest too much to the point that if things go bad, I'd lose a lot.

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

What I do for a living is so high-risk that I try to make sure my portfolio is as conservative as possible.

I'd say it's that most people think that very wealthy people take huge risks and that's why they have huge rewards. But the very best on earth are completely obsessed with not losing money. That sounds overly simplistic, but they know that if you lost 50 percent, it takes 100 percent to get even. Most people don't make that math in their head, so it takes years and years. They are obsessed with not losing money.

There is a time to make money and a time to not lose money.

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

Always keep your portfolio and your risk at your own individual comfortable sleeping point.

I have plenty of investments that I wish I'd never made. But the model is to lose money on a lot of investments and then make 1,000X or 10,000X on an investment.

When you have risk aversion in Japan, the normal day-to-day outflows that happen in a normal market environment slow down.

Nobody ever lost money taking a profit.

Should you protect profits? Yes. But run for the hills? No.

Suning Appliance has no problem of financial risk. Do you think I'm risky? I'm definitely not risky.