Investment Safety Quotes

It is not the return on my investment that I am concerned about; it's the return of my investment

We want to be a secure investment, a little bit like a bond.

It is most attractive about the US to people and countries with wealth is that it can provide security, insurance really, against political instability. Nobody is afraid that the money they place in the US is at risk of expropriation or of in some other way being taken away. For this safety, the wealth holders of the world are willing to accept a lower rate of return.

I'm not so much interested in the return ON my money as I am in the return OF my money.

Yes, prudently invested contributions to the Social Security fund may bring greater dividends, but those contributions would also face a greater risk. It would be like gambling. We should not gamble with the investments and the future of the citizens of this land.

I don't think that a mutual fund that invests exclusively in biotech start-ups or invests exclusively in companies in Thailand offers any great safety or diversification.

I always felt very secure and very safe with real estate. Real estate always appreciates.

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

People are very focused on value and preservation of capital. They're a lot less risk-prone than they used to be.

The United States bonds are safe and free from reverses. They have been funded in such a sound manner and the prosperity of the country is growing so rapidly that there is no doubt of their solvency.

Security was another reason. You never know what can happen to you when you earn a lot of money.

As a bull market continues, almost anything you buy goes up. It makes you feel that investing in stocks is a very easy and safe and that you're a financial genius.

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

One doesn't like instabilities in markets; they may be damaging, but probably not fatal, as the October '87 crash showed. It turned out to be essentially inconsequential. So if that's true, I'm not very worried about the welfare of those who are investing any more than I am about the welfare of those who go into casinos.

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.

I would suggest that you only take advice from those people who have a lot of experience and who you trust as well. Also, be extremely conservative with your investments.

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

Wealth in activity--capital with all its friction--is far safer than invested wealth lying dead.

There are great municipal investments out there, but on a blanket basis you have to be really careful about knowing what cash flows are supporting your investments.

There's no safer investment in the world than in the United States.

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