Inspirational Peter Lynch Stock Market Quotes & Sayings
Best selected inspirational Peter Lynch stock market quotes famous stock investor of his time. These quotes about stock market by Peter Lynch will motivate and inspire you and you will be much wiser about the subject.
Never invest in any company before you’ve done the homework on the company’s earnings prospects, financial condition, competitive position, etc. Peter Lynch
Long-term bonds can be almost as volatile as stocks. They have their own corrections. Peter Lynch
As I look back on it now, it’s obvious that studying history and philosophy was much better preparation for the stock market than, say, studying statistics. Peter Lynch
Every time you have one of these recessions, there are always groups who say it is different this time. We won’t get out of this one. Peter Lynch
People who succeed in the stock market also accept periodic losses, setbacks, and unexpected occurrences. Calamitous drops do not scare them out of the game. Peter Lynch
The very best way to make money in a market is in a small growth company that has been profitable for a couple of years and simply goes on growing. Peter Lynch
When you start to confuse Freddie Mac, Sallie Mae and Fannie Mae with members of your family, and you remember 2,000 stock symbols but forget the children’s birthdays, there’s a good chance you’ve become too wrapped up in your work. Peter Lynch
In stocks as in romance, ease of divorce is not a sound basis for commitment. Peter Lynch
If it’s a choice between investing in a good company in a great industry, or a great company in a lousy industry, I’ll take the great company in the lousy industry any day. Peter Lynch
Time is on your side when you own shares of superior companies. Peter Lynch
Behind every stock is a company. Find out what it’s doing. Peter Lynch
The typical big winner in the Lynch portfolio generally takes three to ten years to play out. Peter Lynch
What makes stocks valuable in the long run isn’t the market. It’s the profitability of the shares in the companies you own. Peter Lynch
When you sell in desperation, you always sell cheap. Peter Lynch
This is one of the keys to successful investing: focus on the companies, not on the stocks. Peter Lynch
There’s no shame in losing money on a stock. Everybody does it. What is shameful is to hold on to a stock, or worse, to buy more of it when the fundamentals are deteriorating. Peter Lynch
If your only reason for picking a stock is that an expert likes it, then what you really need is paid professional help. Peter Lynch
Owning stocks is like having children – don’t get involved with more than you can handle. Peter Lynch
Understand the nature of the companies you own and the specific reasons for holding the stock. (It is really going up! doesn’t count.) Peter Lynch
You have to say to yourself, If I’m right, how much am I going to make? If I’m wrong, how much am I going to lose? That’s the risk/reward ratio. Peter Lynch
The key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them. Peter Lynch
Stocks do well for a reason and do poorly for a reason. Make sure you know the reasons. Peter Lynch
A lot of my stocks don’t work. The beauty of the stock market is that if you are wrong, if you put $1,000 up, all you lose is $1,000. I have proven that many times. Peter Lynch
The market at this point is institutional and we all act like a herd. Peter Lynch
If you can follow only one bit of data, follow the earnings—assuming the company in question has earnings. As you’ll see in this text, I subscribe to the crusty notion that sooner or later earnings make or break an investment in equities. What the stock price does today, tomorrow, or next week is only a distraction. Peter Lynch
Don’t buy cheap stocks just because they’re cheap. Buy them because the fundamentals are improving. Peter Lynch
All you need for a lifetime of successful investing is a few big winners, and the pluses from those will overwhelm the minuses from the stocks that don’t work out. Peter Lynch
You can lose money very fast, in two months, but you very rarely make money very fast in the stock market. When I look back, my great stocks took a long time to work out. Peter Lynch
If discounting terrific things are already in the stock, I don’t want to own it. Peter Lynch
If you can’t find any companies that you think are attractive, put your money in the bank until you discover some. Peter Lynch
Whenever you invest in any company, you’re looking for its market cap to rise. This can’t happen unless buyers are paying higher prices for the shares, making your investment more valuable. Peter Lynch
Investing in stocks is an art, not a science, and people who’ve been trained to rigidly quantify everything have a big disadvantage. Peter Lynch
People worry about the riskiness of stocks, but bonds can be just as risky. Peter Lynch
All else being equal, invest in the company with the fewest color photographs in the annual report. Peter Lynch
You can outperform the experts if you use your edge by investing in companies or industries you already understand. Peter Lynch
If you don’t study any companies, you have the same success buying stocks as you do in a poker game if you bet without looking at your cards. Peter Lynch
You don’t get hurt by things that you don’t own that go up. It’s what you do own that kills you. Peter Lynch
As corporate profits increase, corporations become more valuable, and sooner or later, their shares will sell for a higher price. Peter Lynch
You have to keep your priorities straight if you plan to do well in stocks. Peter Lynch
If you’re in the market, you have to know there’s going to be declines. Peter Lynch
Your investor’s edge is not something you get from Wall Street experts. It’s something you already have. Peter Lynch
It takes remarkable patience to hold on to a stock in a company that excites you, but which everybody else seems to ignore. You begin to think everybody else is right and you are wrong. But where the fundamentals are promising, patience is often rewarded. Peter Lynch
Buy only what you understand, believe in, and intend to stick with – even when others are chasing the next miracle. Peter Lynch
The worst thing you can do is invest in companies you know nothing about. Unfortunately, buying stocks on ignorance is still a popular American pastime. Peter Lynch
In this business, if you’re good, you’re right six times out of ten. You’re never going to be right nine times out of ten. Peter Lynch
I think the secret is if you have a lot of stocks, some will do mediocre, some will do okay, and if one or two of ’em go up big time, you produce a fabulous result. Peter Lynch
Average investors can become experts in their own field and can pick winning stocks as effectively as Wall Street professionals by doing just a little research. Peter Lynch
The way you lose money in the stock market is to start off with an economic picture. I also spend fifteen minutes a year on where the stock market is going. All these great, heady, thinking deals kill you. Peter Lynch
If you’re lucky enough to have one golden egg in your portfolio, it may not matter if you have a couple of rotten ones in there with it. Peter Lynch
The biggest winners are surprises to me, and takeovers are even more surprising. It takes years, not months, to produce big results. Peter Lynch
Missing the bottom on the way up won’t cost you anything. It’s missing the top on the way down that’s always expensive. Peter Lynch
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