Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Peter Lynch on Beating the Street 6


“The newspaper had made a big deal of this “worst one-day drop since 1929,” even though the comparison was absurd. A 36-point drop with the Dow at 990 was not the same thing as a 36-point drop with the Dow at 280, which is where it stood before the Crash.”

“In stocks as in romance, ease of divorce is not a sound basis for commitment. If you’ve chosen wisely to begin with, you won’t want a divorce. And if you haven’t, you are in a mess no matter what. All the liquidity in the world isn’t going to save you from pain, suffering, and probably a loss of money.”

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