Zhang Xin Quotes

Both from the standpoint of stocks and bonds, an investor wants to go where the growth is.

First, only invest in companies that have the potential to return the value of the entire fund.

You cannot get a new economy without a new society.

What you give becomes an investment that will return to you multiplied at some point in the future.

As a producer or financier, you are going to go where you get the best bang for your buck.

The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.

In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.

Capital, however capital may be defined, would practically cease to exist as an income producing fund, for the simple reason that if money, wherewith to buy capital, could be obtained for one-half of one per cent, capital itself could command no higher price.

You know, capital isn't patriotic. Capital goes to where it needs to go to get a return.

If you're an investor who wants a little bit more from the capital-appreciation side of things, but still likes this concept of getting 'paid by the company,' then we would tell that investor to pursue shareholder yield.

I am suspicious of the idea of a new paradigm, to use that word, an entirely new structure of the economy.

In any business opportunity, you'd be looking, probably, primarily at the risk and return. Some business can be very risky with a low return; what you want is the lowest risk with the biggest return.

I have long felt that an investment by the Department of Energy of a million dollars a year for the next 30 years would pay a higher return than any other investment this country could ever make.

Gone are the days when Virgin Records was owned by Richard Branson, a fan of music. Now they're all owned by some guy who bought it off some guy who bought it off some guy who wants a return on his investment.

Empowering innovations require long-term investments, which tie up capital for years and years. So companies are using capital to create more capital, and consequently, the world is awash in capital, but the innovations we need to advance aren't there.

Investments are a real partnership, with an expected return; donations are a gesture made as a result of ethical, religious, or political passions.

They realize that spending millions to save billions is just good business.

What you pay for an investment is the single biggest determinant for how successful that investment will be. When equity prices are high, your returns will be lower. When they are cheap, your returns will be higher.

You must spend money to make money.

Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.

It's not trickle down economics. The problem that the president has is that he's rudderless on the economy. I mean, he doesn't quite know what to do. It's a wake-up on Monday and try to figure it out. It takes time to turn a supertanker, so you need to know where you need to go.

I've had such a great track record in making a huge profit when the movies are smaller.

What's the logic of investing millions in agriculture if it will not pay off?

Some entrepreneurs talk of a high burn rate, high advertising rate, and so on, with no outcome, so it doesn't impress me. But an entrepreneur who has that kind of a feeling of responsibility towards his investors is somebody who will have all my support.

There has almost never been a period of substantial economic growth in the United States without significant investment. And no investment pays off within the same cycle. No investment pays off within the same year - especially a governmental investment. Even businesses don't work that way.