“Markets will overvalue what you can quantify,” said Ann Lamont at Oak Investment Partners, referring to the extreme high prices for public companies versus the discount valuations of private ones.
“Everything I ever accomplished in business is due to what I learned in the Marine Corps, especially about leadership,” said FedEx founder and former Marine Captain Fred Smith.
“The real back swan wasn’t the virus, it was the lockdown, which caused very serious damage to the economy, especially small companies,” said Jason Trennert of Strategas Research Services.
“There is always more money than there are good ideas,” said my friend, venture capital investor Hubert Senters of Trade Thirsty.
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones," said Nobel Prize winner Albert Einstein.
“You be better off picking people randomly out of the phone book to run the country than relying on the faculty of Harvard,” said Tesla founder Elon Musk.
“Everyone has the brainpower to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach,” said legendary investor and former client Peter Lynch.
“Fear of missing out is losing to fear of looking stupid,” said Roelof Botha, partner at venture capital firm Sequoia Capital.
“Statistics building off an extremely small base is extremely misleading. The recent economic gains look like typos in some of these categories. Let me know when you have gains from the January base and I’ll believe in the recovery, ” said Josh Brown, an investment advisor.
“I try not to let the urgent take over the day,” said Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple.