#invest

The only reason to invest in the market is because you think you know something others don't. ↗

— R. Foster Winans

#invest #know #market #only #others

Investors don't like uncertainty. ↗

— Kenneth Lay

#like #uncertainty

I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches to it. ↗

— Joshua Lederberg

#approaches #been #before #curious #field

You know, in a business, you have to operate on the basis of voluntary investment by individuals in a cause. With government, there is no voluntary effort to invest capital. It's just taken and invested. And the same accountability is not at play. The same natural forces in the economy are not at play. ↗

— Mike Lee

#basis #business #capital #cause #economy

The big success stories - Facebook, Zynga and Twitter - are leading to investing in ideas on a napkin, because no one wants to miss out on the next big thing. ↗

— Eric Lefkofsky

#big #big success #big thing #facebook #ideas

I like to investigate all different kinds of people, I guess, and find out what makes them who they are, and try to be honest in the portrayal, and truthful, and find out how to understand that person, how to communicate that person's experience. ↗

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

#different #different kinds #experience #find #guess

I think that the failures of Enron and WorldCom and other companies are partially failures of investors to recognize companies that are selling for a thousand times nothing, but chances are they may be worth only that. ↗

— Arthur Levitt

#companies #enron #failures #i #i think

Investors should start with a view of skepticism. They should become intellectual investors rather than emotional investors. They should be careful, and they should be skeptical. ↗

— Arthur Levitt

#become #careful #emotional #intellectual #investors

Our markets have not achieved their great successes as a result of government fiat, but rather through efforts of competing interests working to meet the demands of investors and to fulfill the promises posed by advancing technology. ↗

— Arthur Levitt

#advancing #competing #demands #efforts #fiat

Our purpose, as we face these challenges, remains clear - fair and orderly markets that allow for efficient capital formation, while protecting the interests of investors. ↗

— Arthur Levitt

#capital #challenges #clear #efficient #face