Robert Friedland Quotes

Doing ventures is great - I'm talking economics now - if you've got a rising market. It's wonderful. If I hadn't got HKT, I would have been just as happy. Because there's a price for everything. And to overpay for something is awful.

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.

I've been in real estate for my whole life, I've been trying to sharpshoot the market with my investments, I'm never right. All you need to do is get near the bottom. That's good enough.

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

Leave no stone unturned to help your clients realize maximum profits from their investment.

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

I don't want to be on anyone's board. I just want to have good investments.

In any business opportunity, you'd be looking, probably, primarily at the risk and return. Some business can be very risky with a low return; what you want is the lowest risk with the biggest return.

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

The good news in investing is there are no HR problems. If there are no humans, there are no problems!

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

We make a series of investments, some will pan out and some won't.

The prudent course is to make an investment in learning, testing and understanding, determine how the new concepts compare to how you now operate and thoughtfully determine how they apply to what you want to achieve in the future.

At 25, I made many companies. I was thinking more like a businessman or entrepreneur than a CEO. I created many companies, small companies, medium companies. I tried to be involved in many kinds of activities, in finance, in real estate, in mining.

I'd stay away from investments in a variety of sectors that are capital intensive. Anyone who says we need $100 million before we know if what we're doing makes sense and the customers want it - that's not going to work.

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.

I consider each business investment based on concept and revenue.

Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.

Finance is critical. If sufficient investment is made in infrastructure and venture capital is made available, there will be a big improvement in the situation.

Stocks change. Industries change. But the underlying reasons certain stocks are good investments remain the same. Only the fullness of time reveals which are the most sound.

I'm quite bullish. We're coming up on year 15 of a flat stock market. Historically that's a pretty good sign. So I'm not a hedge-fund manager but if I was I think I'd be feeling pretty good.

I prefer to like the people I invest in, but it's not an absolute necessity, as long as they have a good mind and I know they'll do whatever it takes to be successful.

I ended up buying a restaurant. Already we had invested in a gas station and a metal products plant.

My investment advice is rooted in my understanding of economics.

The ideal time period to get an investment is when you've already proved your concept and know what you're doing, and it's about adding water to the seeds.