Praise for Dean LeBaron s Book of Investment Quotations
"Looking for a pungent quote to help round out a speech or paper? You ll find it here. Looking for a pleasant, enlightening reading experience? You ll find that here too. Enjoy Dean LeBaron s fine compendium at your leisure." John C. Bogle, Founder, The Vanguard Group
"A delightful compilation of humorous and thought-provoking quotations on all aspects of investment management from one of the legends of the investment business." Burton G. Malkiel, author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street
"Humorous and humbling. This must be the greatest collection of words that I wish I had said, expressing insights that I wish that I had had. To open the book to any page is to assure yourself of joy." Bob Monks, Chairman of Lens Investment Management LLC and Publisher, www.ragm.com
"A delightful and remarkably insightful collection of aphorisms, adages, and epigrams lovingly hand-collected over the years by the dean of modern investment management." Andrew W. Lo, Harris & Harris Group Professor of Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management
"From Warren Buffett to Jack Welch, Dean LeBaron has assembled a vast collection of insightful and wry quotes about investing in particular and life in general. It s great fun to browse, and an invaluable resource for speeches and articles." Martin Barnes, Managing Editor, The Bank Credit Analyst
"A veritable march through a battery of apt quotations. They have been judiciously drawn from a wide variety of sources, old and new, combining humor with wisdom. I don t know what quote addicts did before Dean LeBaron began collecting. This treasure chest, with its very personal touch, supersedes all earlier efforts at collecting investment quotations. With its broad coverage and thoughtful section summaries, I find it an extremely helpful and enjoyable desk companion." William Wirth, Credit Suisse Group
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"Wall Street: A thoroughfare that begins in a graveyard and ends in a river." —Unknown
Investing is a serious business, but it has its moments. Financial legend Dean LeBaron captures these moments through quips and quotes from some of the world?s greatest minds and moneymakers. Dean LeBaron?s Book of Investment Quotations shares the collected wisdom of centuries of financial thought, including everyone from William Shakespeare to George Soros.
This unique anthology features hundreds of inspiring, wise, and humorous quotations?each of which makes keen observations on the wide world of investing, both present and past. Many of us today can still learn from the advice of legendary figures such as the writer Jonathan Swift who said, "A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart."
Organized by categories?thirty in all?ranging from "Contrarian Investing" to "Venture Capital," this superb collection reflects the full range of human thought on each investment subject. If you want to know what everyone from Euripides to Bernard Baruch thought about money, investing, or finance, Dean LeBaron?s Book of Investment Quotations will enlighten you.
Collected from many sources, these quotes are entertaining, insightful, and honest:
"Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget Rule No.1." —Warren Buffett
"There are no answers in this business. There?s just a hell of a lot of information." —George Russell Jr., Frank Russell Co.
"Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons." —Woody Allen
"To survive in the financial markets sometimes means beating a hasty retreat." —George Soros
"Stocks are bought on expectations, not facts." —Gerald M. Loeb
The timeless phrases in Dean LeBaron?s Book of Investment Quotations are memorable and useful in provoking new thoughts and providing grist for conversation and inspirational moments in speeches, as well as just casual skimming. See for yourself how some of the greatest minds of all time viewed?and learned from?investing.
DEAN LEBARON is an investment futurist. He founded Batterymarch Financial Management in 1969 and led the firm s pioneering advances in the mid-1970s in the application of computer technology and modeling techniques, first in the U.S. market and then in international and emerging markets. He is recognized as one of the first foreign entrants in the nascent securities markets of Brazil, India, Russia, and China. Mr. LeBaron is also author of Dean LeBaron s Treasury of Investment Wisdom: 30 Great Investing Minds; Mao, Marx & the Market: Capitalist Adventures in Russia and China; and Ins and Outs of Institutional Investing.
ROMESH VAITILINGAM is a consultant and financial journalist. He is the author of several successful business and financial titles, including the bestselling Financial Times Guide to Using the Financial Pages as well as The Financial Guide to Using Economics and Economic Indicators and Stuck in Transit: Rethinking Russian Economic Reform.
MARILYN PITCHFORD is Chief Financial Officer of virtualquest.com and works closely with Dean LeBaron.
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