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Peter Lynch
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: January 19
Businessman
Financier
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the United States of America
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Searching for companies is like looking for grubs under rocks: if you turn over 10 rocks you'll likely find one grub if you turn over 20 rocks you'll find two.
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Well, I think the secret is if you have a lot of stocks, some will do mediocre, some will do okay, and if one of two of 'em go up big time, you produce a fabulous result. And I think that's the promise to some people.
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That's not to say there's no such thing as an overvalued market, but there's no point worrying about it.
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All the math you need in the stock market you get in the fourth grade.
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Improved turnout will give parliament and government the appearance of being more legitimate.
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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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I like to buy a company any fool can manage because eventually one will.
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I spend about fifteen minutes a year on economic analysis.
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My high-tech aversion caused me to make fun of the typical biotech enterprise: $100 million in cash from selling shares, one hundred Ph.D.'s, 99 microscopes, and zero revenues.
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Avoid hot stocks in hot industries.
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The basic story remains simple and never-ending. Stocks aren't lottery tickets. There's a company attached to every share.
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The typical big winner in the Lynch portfolio generally takes three to ten years to play out.
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When you sell in desperation, you always sell cheap.
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The biggest winners are surprises to me, and takeovers are even more surprising. It takes years, not months, to produce big results.
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In our society, it's been the men who've handled most of the finances, and the women who've stood by and watched men botch things up.
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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.
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Never buy anything that you can't illustrate on the back of a napkin.
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I don't know anyone who said on their deathbed: 'Gee, I wish I'd spent more time at the office.'
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Charts are great for predicting the past.
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The stock market really isn't a gamble, as long as you pick good companies that you think will do well, and not just because of the stock price.
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