Your Best One Line of Wisdom

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"If you buy a stock it will probably go down. If you sell a stock it will probably go up."
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Change accumulates like compound interest
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Don't over think it.

Or KISS.......

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Be greedy when others are fearful, and fearful when others are greedy.
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If you do not want to educate yourself, put your money in an FDIC insured savings account.
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After all, you only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out. - Warren Buffet
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"Broke" is a financial condition.
"Poor" is a psychological one.
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"Feelings are not facts."
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Investing should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.

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"Yes, the investor is often his own worst enemy. Yes, the marketing colossus known as the mutual fund industry provides the weaponry which enables investors’ to indulge their suicidal instincts. No, the fund industry was hardly an innocent bystander in the market boom and the subsequent carnage. "We have met the enemy and he is us"... all of us."

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"Don't think it won't happen just because it hasn't happened yet"- Jackson Browne
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"If you're not greedy, you will go far."

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The path of least resistance makes crooked rivers and crooked men.
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Costs are one of the few things that you can control while investing- don't pay too much.
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Victoria wrote:Investing should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.

Victoria and Albert
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stemikger wrote:In the end the only thing that matters is that the people you love, love you back - Warren Buffett
Exactly right. My best line of wisdom also. -Just.
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Fallible wrote:
Victoria wrote:Investing should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.

Victoria and Albert
:sharebeer
Fallible,

Thank you for the encouragement. I decided to make it my signature. It was hard to let go of Marat F. Here he is for the last time:

Every joke has a bit of a joke. ... The rest is the truth.
Marat F

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Diversify your investments.

Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.
J. Paul Getty


Read a few good investment books.

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
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You can't take it with you! 8-)
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Victoria wrote:
Fallible wrote:
Victoria wrote:Investing should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.

Victoria and Albert
:sharebeer
Fallible,

Thank you for the encouragement. I decided to make it my signature. It was hard to let go of Marat F. Here he is for the last time:

Every joke has a bit of a joke. ... The rest is the truth.
Marat F

Victoria
An interesting change. Maybe this from Anatole France overstates the case, but some of it may apply: "All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another."
"Yes, investing is simple. But it is not easy, for it requires discipline, patience, steadfastness, and that most uncommon of all gifts, common sense." ~Jack Bogle
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Fallible wrote:An interesting change. Maybe this from Anatole France overstates the case, but some of it may apply: "All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another."
Fallible,

Your citation of Anatole France fits perfectly. Thanks!

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When something or someone doesn't measure up, get a new yardstick.
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Victoria wrote:
Fallible wrote:An interesting change. Maybe this from Anatole France overstates the case, but some of it may apply: "All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another."
Fallible,

Your citation of Anatole France fits perfectly. Thanks!

Victoria
Hi Victoria,

Thanks back! Glad I did something write :oops: right today.

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Fallible wrote:
Hi Victoria,

Thanks back! Glad I did something write :oops: right today.

Fallible
I wish I could write something right today. I am multitasking by writing a paper and posting here, and the BH invariably tips the scale. :(

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A good lie should contain enough truth to make it sound believeable.
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I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.*

*Works most effectively on a Wednesday.
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Told by me to a friend who was single, worked 2 jobs, when one job was more than adequate to meet his financial needs, and never spent a dime on anything, except very reluctantly:
"You will have the fanciest coffin at the funeral home one day, Sheldon."

PS-He's now an ex-friend. The truth hurts, I guess. :mrgreen:
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The best is always the cheapest.
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Roll Tide
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Thanks pkcrafter for asking.

"Invest in the stock market as opposed to betting on the stock market."

"Don't try to time the market."

"The stock market is a roller coaster, so strap yourself in for the wild ride, and remember why you bought the ticket when you hit bottom." 8-)
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“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get”. Buffett

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Every line of wisdom has an element of untruth in it — including this one!
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"Our lives are frittered away with detail. Simplify! Simplify!" Henry David Thoreau
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Never lend money to family members because you will never get it back since they will always view it as a gift. :oops:
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BlackBeltLurker wrote:“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get”. Buffett

“The only thing worse than being wrong is being wrong and alone”. Ogard
Alternatively:

- Price is what you pay; value is what a financial adviser claims you will get.
- The only thing worse than being wrong and alone is being wrong in a company of people who are right.

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You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
know when to run
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin's done

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Long-time follower, first-time poster...

My favorite quote is, "If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging."
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"Humble enough to prepare, Confident enough to perform" -Tom Caughlin
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Alternatively:

- Price is what you pay; value is what a financial adviser claims you will get.
- The only thing worse than being wrong and alone is being wrong in a company of people who are right.

Victoria
Now we’re getting somewhere.

Let the subtle satire continue…

- Price is what you pay; value is what a typical financial adviser claims you will get.

Segue to enlightenment

- The only thing worse than being wrong and alone is being wrong in the presence of people who are right [enter Bogleheads].

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The more you think... The less you know....
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BlackBeltLurker wrote:
Alternatively:

- Price is what you pay; value is what a financial adviser claims you will get.
- The only thing worse than being wrong and alone is being wrong in a company of people who are right.

Victoria
Now we’re getting somewhere.

Let the subtle satire continue…

- Price is what you pay; value is what a typical financial adviser claims you will get.

Segue to enlightenment

- The only thing worse than being wrong and alone is being wrong in the presence of people who are right [enter Bogleheads].

Rapture
Excellent, well worthy of a BlackBelt.

Cheers,

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I never thought this thread would run this long. It looked played out some time ago and then developed new energy. What's surprising is there are some real gems in the second wave. I made a list of some winners early on but there are many more worthy of gold stars. The power of the Bogleheads....amazing.

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Give whatever you can spare to established charities of your choice.
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My father's saying was "anything I can't pay for, I don't need". I've tried to live my life the same way. He was referring to credit.
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Don't need a divorce then, I guess.
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theduke wrote:My father's saying was "anything I can't pay for, I don't need". I've tried to live my life the same way. He was referring to credit.
Conversely it doesn't matter how cheap the price is if I don't need it.
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The secret to wealth: "A part of all you own is yours to keep".
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I never thought this thread would run this long. It looked played out some time ago and then developed new energy. What's surprising is there are some real gems in the second wave. I made a list of some winners early on but there are many more worthy of gold stars. The power of the Bogleheads....amazing.
Paul
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Paul has his own private collection worthy of gold stars. I saved these gems from a post Paul made five years ago:
"The stock market is a distraction to investing." -- John Bogle

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"It does seem like one's financial health is inversely proportional to the the amount of time spent listening to what the financial experts predict will happen." Norm -- Diehards

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"Choose a balance of stocks and bonds according to your unique circumstances--your investment objectives, your time horizon, your level of comfort with risk, and your financial resources." -- John Bogle

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"Returns are what you expect, consequences are what you receive." -- anon

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"It is clear that investment return is far more dependent on investor behavior than on market returns." -- anon

"The only function of market forecasters is to make astrologists look good." --Rick Ferri, author/advisor

"The key to fund selection is to focus, not on future return--which the investor cannot control--but on risk, cost, and time--which the investor can
control." -- John Bogle

"Make no mistake about it, you are engaged in a brutal zero-sum contest with the financial industry. Every penny of commissions, fees, and transactional cost they extract is irretrievably lost to you." --
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"You should care about expenses because they directly reduce the return you receive. It’s as simple as that. -- John Brennan, Vanguard CEO

"The great irony of investing, then, is not only that you don't get what you pay for. The reality is quite the opposite: You get precisely what you don't pay for. So if you pay for nothing, you get everything." -- John Bogle
We thank you, Paul, for your continuing contributions to the Bogleheads forum.

Best wishes.
Taylor
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