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Discipline and execution
Richard Dennis
I always say that you could publish trading rules in the newspaper and no one would follow them.
Trading psychology
Ed Seykota
Win or lose, everybody gets what they want out of the market.
Market psychology
Gerald M. Loeb
The most important single factor shaping security markets is public psychology.
Price Discipline
Howard Marks
Good investing doesn't come from buying good things, but from buying things well.
Reflexivity and market fallibility
George Soros
First, financial markets, far from accurately reflecting all the available knowledge, always provide a distorted view of reality.
Decisive action
Carl Icahn
In life and in business, there are two cardinal sins. The first is to act precipitously without thought, and the second is to not act at all.
Costs matter
John C. Bogle
In investing, realize that you get what you don't pay for.
Investor psychology and discipline
Benjamin Graham
The investor's chief problem - and even his worst enemy - is likely to be himself.
Long-term ownership
Warren Buffett
When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding managements, our favorite holding period is forever.
Value investing, contrarian discipline, valuation
Seth Klarman
Value investing is at its core the marriage of a contrarian streak and a calculator.
Concentration and vigilance
Jim Rogers
The way to get rich is to put your eggs in one basket, but watch that basket very carefully.
Market timing humility
Bernard M. Baruch
Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. This can't be done -- except by liars.
Complacency and systemic risk
Hyman Minsky
Stability is destabilizing.
Manager Selection
David Swensen
What's the real secret? People, people, people. The real secret is relationships with the absolute highest quality people.
Forecasting humility
Peter Bernstein
Forecasts create the mirage that the future is knowable.
Risk Management
William J. O'Neil
The whole secret to winning big in the stock market is not to be right all the time, but to lose the least amount possible when you're wrong.
Contrarian value investing
John Neff
It's not always easy to do what's not popular, but that's where you make your money.
Analysis Over Prediction
Nicolas Darvas
I believe in analysis and not forecasting.