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Quote kulman Replybullet Posted: 21/Mar/2007 at 1:07pm
My impression is that to make money, you have to hold a position with conviction. That is very difficult when you are following someone else. Bruce Kovner.
 
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Hmmm.....The Master puts it like this:
 
My idea of a group decision is to look in the mirror.--- Warren Buffett
 
 
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Quote Mohan Replybullet Posted: 21/Mar/2007 at 9:57pm
Originally posted by deveshkayal

"An economic forecaster is like a cross-eyed javelin thrower: they don't win many accuracy contests, but they keep the crowd's attention."

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LOL How Very true.
 Also, very injurious to the crowds health. No Idea where the javelin is going to hit.LOLLOLLOL
 
 
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When I trade, I don’t just use a price stop, I also use a time stop. If I think a market should break, and it doesn’t, I will often get out even if I am not losing any money. Paul Tudor Jones.
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Quote tigershark Replybullet Posted: 21/Mar/2007 at 8:51am
as a general rule it is foolish to do what other poeple are doing because there are almost sure to be too many people doing the same thing-wiiliam stanley jones
understanding both the power of compound return and the difficulty getting it is the heart and soul of understanding a lot of things
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Quote deveshkayal Replybullet Posted: 22/Mar/2007 at 11:44pm
If you can find a company that can get away with raising prices year after year without losing customers (an addictive product such as cigarettes fills the bill), you've got a terrific investment."
Peter Lynch
"You don't need to be a rocket scientist. Investing is not a game where the guy with the 160 IQ beat the guy with a 130 IQ. Rationality is essential"- Warren Buffett
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Quote kulman Replybullet Posted: 22/Mar/2007 at 11:55pm

There is nothing quite like admitting you don't know anything to make people think you know something.--- Ed Seykota

Bubblevision.......excuse me for intrusion into your territory.

 

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Quote BubbleVision Replybullet Posted: 22/Mar/2007 at 7:08am
Wonderful Kulman...I had never heard this one! Thanks for printing it.
You can't make money if you are unwilling to lose...It's like willing to breathe in but not willing to breathe out. -- ED SEYKOTA ....Read Disclaimer!
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Quote omshivaya Replybullet Posted: 23/Mar/2007 at 1:27pm
Yes that one is really original and true Kulman jee.
The most important quality for an investor is temperament,not intellect.A temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the crowd nor against it
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