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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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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.
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Everyone has the brain power to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach.
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The best stock to buy is the one you already own.
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Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Suicide is a choice and I think if we work with that with kids, we'll get somewhere.
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Avoid hot stocks in hot industries.
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Invest in what you know.
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The real key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them.
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More money is lost anticipating the changes in the overall stock market than any other way of investing.
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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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