Sting Quotations | Page 5

The intelligent investor gets interested in big growth stocks not when they are at their most popular - but when something goes wrong.

The intelligent investor shouldn't ignore Mr. Market entirely. Instead, you should do business with him- but only to the extent that it serves your interests.

A great company is not a great investment if you pay too much for the stock.

The intelligent investor is a realist who sells to optimists and buys from pessimists.

We define a bargain issue as one which, on the basis of facts established by analysis, appears to be worth considerably more that it is selling for.

Thousands of people have tried, and the evidence is clear: The more you trade, the less you keep.

Never buy a stock because it has gone up or sell one because it has gone down.

Although there are good and bad companies, there is no such thing as a good stock; there are only good stock prices, which come and go.

An investor calculates what a stock is worth, based on the value of its businesses.

The individual investor should act consistently as an investor and not as a speculator. This means ... that he should be able to justify every purchase he makes and each price he pays by impersonal, objective reasoning that satisfies him that he is getting more than his money's worth for his purchase.