Rene Rivkin Quotes

Investors who find the best businesses to put their money behind are rewarded for their research.

The only way one should buy stocks is if you understand the underlying business. You stay within the circle of competence. You buy businesses you understand.

The market is often stupid, but you can't focus on that. Focus on the underlying value of dividends and earnings.

Invest in good, solid companies in good sectors.

Buy stocks like you buy your groceries, not like you buy your perfume.

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

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.

I found an approach to investing that made enormous sense to me: rigorously analyzing a company's fundamentals, understanding exactly how it makes money, developing a view on the business's future prospects, and deciding if it's a good business.

Buy into good, well-researched companies and then wait. Let's call it a sit-on-your-hands investment strategy.

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.

Well, there's always risk in long-term investment.

If you are shopping for common stocks, choose them the way you would buy groceries, not the way you would buy perfume.

I like to invest in companies where I can really add value from my experience, network, etc., so checking out my portfolio of other investments, and my background, will generally give some guidance there.

Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.

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

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.

The very first stock I bought right out of college was Berkshire Hathaway.

If you're an investor who wants a little bit more from the capital-appreciation side of things, but still likes this concept of getting 'paid by the company,' then we would tell that investor to pursue shareholder yield.

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

It's easy to buy. Prove that you bought at the right time and the right price.

Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, 'Too much of a good thing can be wonderful'.

I really did believe that the most successful investments were the ones that you could own for the long run.

Having the opportunity to follow the market frequently gives you the opportunity to see if you need to reevaluate your portfolio. But reevaluating your portfolio shouldn't trigger a sell signal so frequently.