How to Invest Quotes

“It’s a happy balance between the three legs of a tripod: the quality of the founders, the market opportunity, and the distinctiveness of the product.”
― David M. Rubensten, How to Invest: Masters on the Craft

“I don’t regard investing as gambling. I regard it as trying to take care of you and your family for the long term. And you do it by investing similar amounts every year for a long time and living to be old. And then you get to be rich.”
― David M. Rubenstein, How to Invest: Masters on the Craft

“What others missed was that the underwriting quality of securities had never been as poor as it had been in that period. The fact that they hadn’t defaulted in the past had nothing to do with whether or not the securities being issued would default in the future.”
― David M. Rubenstein, How to Invest: Masters on the Craft

“Sometimes it doesn’t work out, but never fails.”
― David M. Rubenstein, How to Invest: Masters on the Craft

“Both of us succeed with a combination of ego and humility. We succeed because we’re able to adjust that ego and humility backward and forward to achieve our objectives.”
― David M. Rubenstein, How to Invest: Masters on the Craft

“In large market areas, we’ve always thought it’s rarely ever too late. With Google, the technology was distinctly better. It led to a far better consumer experience. The searches were more accurate. They were faster. They had all the attributes that consumers by the billions later ocked to.”
― David M. Rubensten, How to Invest: Masters on the Craft

“don’t know, ultimately you’re not going to do well. The most important thing is to concentrate on a particular area that you know better than other people. That’s what gives you an advantage to succeed in investing.”
― David M. Rubensten, How to Invest: Masters on the Craft