Abigail Johnson Quotes

Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth.

Our investors are here for only one reason: great returns. They want to make money.

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

You know, capital isn't patriotic. Capital goes to where it needs to go to get a return.

Whether a tops-down or bottoms-up investor in bonds, stocks, or private equity, the standard analysis tends to judge an investor or his firm on the basis of how the bullish or bearish aspects of the cycle were managed.

Good investors have to choose how to allocate their mind share with the precious capital they have.

Ultimately, we measure ourselves on the success of our investments.

You can't find returns in investments you haven't made.

I never lost money by turning a profit.

In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.

Having different types of stocks in your portfolio can enhance returns.

You must spend money to make money.

When I see people laughing at ideas and companies we have backed, I smile. It means we are going to make a lot of money on that investment.

Without development there is no profit, without profit no development.

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.

I seek individual investments that will allow me to target total portfolio returns of at least 20% annually after fees and expenses on an annual basis over a period of years, not months.

You don't do a business for pleasure: You have to make money.

If the fluctuations in your investment portfolio are reduced, the impact of emotions and behavior on your account is also reduced.

I think I could make you fifty percent a year on one million dollars. No, I know I could. I guarantee that.

There is very little difference between speculation and investment. The only difference is basically that investments are successful speculations because if you successfully anticipate the future you make a speculative profit.

Strategy is, above all else, the search for above average returns.

Investing is laying out money now to get more money back in the future.

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.

I buy newspapers to make money to buy more newspapers to make more money.

I know where I'm putting my money.