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There's lots of stocks out there and all you need is a few of 'em. That's been my philosophy.

Peter Lynch

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Peter Lynch
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: January 19
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An important key to investing is to remember that stocks are not lottery tickets.
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You only need a few good stocks in your lifetime. I mean how many times do you need a stock to go up ten-fold to make a lot of money? Not a lot.
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I've found that when the market's going down and you buy funds wisely, at some point in the future you will be happy. You won't get there by reading 'Now is the time to buy.'
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The list of qualities (an investor should have) include patience, self-reliance, common sense, a tolerance for pain, open-mindedness, detachment, persistence, humility, flexibility, a willingness to do independent research, an equal willingness to admit mistakes, and the ability to ignore general panic.
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If you can't find any companies that you think are attractive, put your money in the bank until you discover some.
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I don't go near the money and the money doesn't go near me.
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The real key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them.
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Behind every stock is a company. Find out what it's doing.
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Gentlemen who prefer bonds don't know what they're missing.
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Just because you buy a stock and it goes up does not mean you are right. Just because you buy a stock and it goes down does not mean you are wrong.
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My method for picking stocks has never changed. When businesses go from crappy to semicrappy, there's money to be made.
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You can find good reasons to scuttle your equities in every morning paper and on every broadcast of the nightly news.
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Long shots almost always miss the mark.
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People who want to know how stocks fared on any given day ask, Where did the Dow close? I'm more interested in how many stocks went up versus how many went down. These so-called advance/decline numbers paint a more realistic picture.
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If you're lucky enough to have been rewarded in life to the degree that I have, there comes a point at which you have to decide whether to become a slave to your net worth by devoting the rest of your life to increasing it or to let what you've accumulated begin to serve you.
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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.
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Most investors would be better off in an index fund.
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