Jean Giraudoux Quotes

There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate [on the Stock Market]: when he can't afford it, and when he can.

And at a relatively early age, ten or so, I invested my first share of stock. And I used to follow, look at companies and so forth. But throughout the whole period, and indeed right through my college years, while I was involved in the stock market, always interested in finance, I never thought of it as a full-time job.

There can be few fields of human endeavor in which history counts for so little as in the world of finance.

I didn't know what a stockbroker was when I was eight, but I would just tell everybody that's what I was going to be.

Jazz musicians don't make any money, so I might as well make some on the market. I pick my own stocks - Microsoft, Dell - the tech stocks, the breadwinners.

I had thought of joining my dad in his stock broking business in Delhi.

Thirty to 40 years ago, most financial decisions were fairly simple.

When I meet people on airplanes and they find out I'm an economist, they usually ask about stock tips.

I've seen so many people in this business that made a fortune. They get old and broke and can't make any money. I tell you something... no one's going to play a benefit for Jimmy Dean.

My business life is really simple. It's like, get check. Put check in bank. Pay rent. I've never bought a stock in my life. I never got caught up in that trip. And the truth is, I don't obsess about money ever.

You can't manage Wall Street. Wall Street has its own viewpoints on everything. I have always believed, if you manage your business correctly, Wall Street will take care of itself.

I have a million dollars in the stock market, because if I lose a million dollars, I don't personally care.

I could never gamble on stocks and shares because I saw my father get hurt that way - he lost quite a lot of money when the stock market collapsed in 2001.

I don't want to be on anyone's board. I just want to have good investments.

You have a class of investors and you have a class of speculators. The speculators historically haven't been big enough to cause the investors to doubt the long-term vision of stock.

When I come to work each day, whether as a commentator for TheStreet.com or a host of Mad Money With Jim Cramer, I have only one thought in mind: helping people with their money.

I have invested in the stock market since I was very young.

Americans no longer look to government for economic security; rather, they look to their portfolios.

Bonds as an asset class will always be needed, and not just by insurance companies and pension funds but by aging boomers.

I want to be known as one of the most accurate investors that ever lived.

Trust the Canadians to produce a game about mutual funds that is actually more boring than the real thing.

I tend to split my activities into fun, income and legacy. The number of things in that finance bucket is pretty few and far between and doesn't consume much time at all.

If we have wealth, it will be protected from inflation and possibly even enhanced in value.

I don't give investment advice.

I invested. I wanted to cushion the future. I'm a financial success!