Stephanie Ruhle Quotes

More and more investors may be coming into markets everywhere but that doesn't mean that the markets are really getting more and more efficient, even in the United States. It does mean that there is more access for savvy investors who watch the money flows.

Given the typical fee structures of hedge funds, they need to do something different to make money in a consistent way.

The starting point of my career in money management in 1973-74 was the time of the only true bear market any living non-Japanese investor has seen in major markets. Equities, real estate, you name it, everyone got run over.

Hedge funds try to produce above-average investment returns using tactics ranging from traditional stock-picking to complex derivative and arbitrage plays. High minimum investments, redemption restrictions and aggressive strategies make them suitable mainly for more sophisticated and well-heeled investors.

It is a truth universally acknowledged on Wall Street that original research is on life support. Serious research can be bad for business, as well as expensive.

I'm primarily just an investor.

Art is a form of asset. Hedge-fund managers who have made money fast should diversify into other areas.

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

Mutual fund managers want your money in their funds. They get paid based on assets under management.

I hated being a junior investment banker. I loved the research business, the wealth management business.

As an investor, I'm always scouting for new trends.

I don't think that hedge funds are bad per se. I think they're just one more financial tool. And in that sense, they're useful.

Investment ideas, like women are often more exciting than punctual.

My investment advice is rooted in my understanding of economics.

It's hard to make small investments when you're a billion-dollar fund.

We have pension funds with 1.5 trillion euros investments, and they want to find business opportunities in India.

There's quite a bit of evidence that even professionals don't show any ability to pick stocks or to predict market rollbacks. Most of the people we identify as skilled based on returns have probably just been lucky.

The few times that Soros has ever criticized me was when I was really right on a market and didn't maximize the opportunity.

I used to not talk much to anyone about my investments.

It's important that we educate Americans about how hedge funds and private equity play completely different roles.

Just because one happens to be wealthy, it doesn't mean you are naturally any good at building an investment operation that is world-class or successful.

Naturally, liquidity is a big factor in any market that seems to be a lot of money in the world, and there's a lot of discretionary money.

I made my money with good investments, I'm going to make maybe $1 million a year just with my real estate.

I went to work on Wall Street for about three or four years with an investment bank, got certified: series 3, series 7, and all this stuff.

If I've learned anything as an economic analyst, it is that the stock market and economic winds can shift by the hour.