Happy Veterans Day! – $DASH $EXFY $F $INVO $RIVN & Nasdaq Rise!

Happy Veterans Day!

I hope that you all had a great day and that you have found a way to pay your respects to all veterans that have helped make our country great.

On this national holiday, the stock market was indeed open for a normal trading session, which was overall positive except for the Dow pulling back. The S&P 500 closed at 4,649.27 (+.06%), the Dow 30 closed at 35,921.23 (-.44%), & the Nasdaq closed at 15,704.28 (+.52%). The small caps on the Russell 2000 experienced a solid session closing at 2,409.14 (+.82%) & the MicroCaps also had the best move as the iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC) closed at $155.31, (+.92%). 6 of the 11 sectors moved higher to power the overall positive move with the materials sector moving up .9% & the information technology sector up .5% to lead all. The U.S. Dollar Index moved up another .4% to 95.18 a level that has not been seen since the middle of 2020.

With the holiday no macro reports surfaced, but tomorrow will bring forth the preliminary University of Michigan Index of Consumer Sentiment report for November & the JOLTS – Job Opening report for September. 

The precious metals markets ended with gold prices closing at $1,864, +$13/oz. and silver closed at $25.34, +$.62/oz.  In the natural resources sector, Hecla Mining Company (HL) closed at $6.44, +4.89% & First Majestic Silver (AG) closed at $13.90, -.29%.

BIOTECH

The SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI) closed at $126.19, +.10%, the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (IBB) closed at $153.42, -.06%, & the NYSE ARCA Biotech Index (^BTK) closed at $5,442.83, -.25%.

On October 23, Dr. Steven Quay CEO of Atossa Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ATOS) published an interesting and informative video called “Long COVID Is An important Issue.” You may view by clicking here now.

 

Shares of VP Watchlist stock INmune Bio (NASDAQ: INMB), a clinical-stage immunology company focused on developing treatments that harness a patient’s innate immune system to fight disease, closed at $14.62, after reaching an intraday high of $15.19.

This week, INMB is presenting multiple poster presentations and a plenary talk at the 14th Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) Annual Meeting, being held from November 9-12 in Boston. Learn more. 

I recently hosted a FREE Tribe Public Presentation and Q&A event with INMB’s CEO Dr. Raymond J. Tesi, MD and CFO David J. Moss, who delivered their presentation titled “Improving White Matter Integrity In Alzheimer’s Disease” & and were available for a brief Q&A session. Please view the video that has been viewed over +30.4k times now to learn more. 

CONSUMER DISCRETION – TECH – EV

Tesla (TSLA)tacked lower to close at $1063.51, -.42% as Rivian Automotive, Inc. (RIVN) jumped to close at $122.99, +22.10% in its second day of trading.  Shares of Ford (F) closed at $19.55, +.98%. Ford is believed to own ~12% of Rivian’s shares now worth over $10B. On Nov. 4, Ford Motor Company and its financing subsidiary, Ford Motor Credit Company, introduced the North America auto industry’s first sustainable financing framework, focusing on and paying for ambitious plans in vehicle electrification and other environmental and social areas. On Oct, 27, Ford Motor Company (F) reported its 2021 third quarter financial results after the markets closed. Ford generated quarterly revenue of $35.7 billion, net income of $1.8 billion, adjusted EBIT of $3.0 billion; North America auto EBIT margin of 10.1%. Ford increased guidance for full-year 2021 adjusted EBIT to between $10.5 billion and $11.5 billion & expects cash flow over current planning period to be more than sufficient to fund growth priorities; announces resumption of regular stock dividend in fourth quarter.

Portland based, Expensify, Inc.(EXFY), a payments superapp that helps individuals and businesses around the world simplify the way they manage money across expenses, corporate cards and bills, closed at $44.45, +8.26% in its second day of trading. Yesterday, announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 9,730,776 shares of its Class A common stock at a public offering price of $27.00 per share.  

DoorDash Inc. (NYSE: DASH) announced financial results after the close On Tuesday for the quarter ended September 30, 2021 and beat expectations. Shares of DASH rose to close at $227.34, +6.42% today. 

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN, $3,472.50, -.27%). Yesterday, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company, announced that Under Armour, Inc. (NYSE: UA, UAA) has selected AWS as its preferred cloud provider for SAP to increase resilience, enhance security, and provide more significant insights across its business.   

Shares of Apple (AAPL) closed at $147.87, -.03%. This week, Apple® announced Apple Business Essentials, an all-new service that brings together device management, 24/7 Apple Support, and iCloud® storage into flexible subscription plans for small businesses with up to 500 employees. The company also unveiled a new Apple Business Essentials app that enables employees to install apps for work and request support.

Qualcomm (QCOM) closed at $164.42, +2.89% after recently beating WallStreet’s expectations last week.  View the results and their guidance here.

NVIDIA (NVDA) closed $303.90, +3.16%. This week, NVIDIA announced NVIDIA Omniverse Replicator, a powerful synthetic-data-generation engine that produces physically simulated synthetic data for training deep neural networks. In its first implementations of the engine, the company introduced two applications for generating synthetic data: one for NVIDIA DRIVE Sim™, a virtual world for hosting the digital twin of autonomous vehicles, and another for NVIDIA Isaac Sim™, a virtual world for the digital twin of manipulation robots.

Shares of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) closed at $332.43, +.49% after last week’s release of their Q1 2022 fiscal earnings report. The Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sport and Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced Ancient Olympia: Common Grounds, a new collaboration to digitally preserve and restore ancient Olympia, the original home of the Olympic games, using AI. This digital revival project allows viewers around the world to explore ancient Olympia as it stood more than 2,000 years ago through an immersive experience via an interactive mobile app, web-based desktop experience, or a Microsoft HoloLens 2 exhibition at the Athens Olympic Museum.

Shares of IronNet, Inc. (IRNT), an innovative leader transforming cybersecurity through Collective Defense, closed at $10.63, -1.3%. Recently, IronNet announced that it has joined the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), a nomination-only association, demonstrating IronNet’s long-term commitment with Microsoft to deliver better security solutions to customers. As a Microsoft partner, IronNet, through its innovative Collective Defense platform, empowers Microsoft customers to execute safe and seamless migrations to the cloud amidst the increasing volume of highly-aggressive and sophisticated cyberattacks. IronNet Founder and Co-CEO, General (Ret.) Keith Alexander, “As we continue to see an increase in malicious cyberattacks against both the public and private sectors, we are pleased to join the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association to advance how we defend together. MISA’s mission directly aligns with our mission at IronNet: to develop integrated and innovative ways to better defend together against an evolving cyber threat landscape.”  On October, 29, IronNet announced that it has been named winner of the prestigious 2021 CybersecAsia Readers’ Choice Award in the Network Monitoring & Observability category. The award recognizes cybersecurity leaders in APAC for their critical roles played and advances and innovations made over the last two years.

DISNEY

Another VP Watchlist company, Walt Disney (DIS), closed $162.11, -7.07%. This week,  Disney reported earnings for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended October 2, 2021 which missed expectations. Diluted earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations for the quarter was income of $0.09 compared to a loss of $0.39 in the prior-year quarter. Excluding certain items(1), diluted EPS for the quarter was income of $0.37 compared to a loss of $0.20 in the prior-year quarter. Diluted EPS from continuing operations for the year ended October 2, 2021 was income of $1.11 compared to a loss of $1.57 in the prior-year. Excluding certain items(1), diluted EPS for the year increased 13% to $2.29 from $2.02 in the prior-year. “This has been a very productive year for The Walt Disney Company, as we’ve made great strides in reopening our businesses while taking meaningful and innovative steps in Direct-to-Consumer and at our Parks, particularly with our popular new Disney Genie and Magic Key offerings,” said Bob Chapek, Chief Executive Officer, The Walt Disney Company. “As we celebrate the two-year anniversary of Disney+, we’re extremely pleased with the success of our streaming business, with 179 million total subscriptions across our DTC portfolio at the end of fiscal 2021 and 60% subscriber growth year-over-year for Disney+. We continue to manage our DTC business for the long-term, and are confident that our high-quality entertainment and expansion into additional markets worldwide will enable us to further grow our streaming platforms globally.”

MCD 

Shares of McDonald’s (MCD) closed at $250.16, -1.17%. McDonald’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Chris Kempczinski recently recently stated, “Our third quarter results are a testament to our unparalleled scale and agility. Our global comparable sales increased 10% over 2019, which was delivered across an omnichannel experience that is focused on meeting the needs of our customers. We continue to execute our strategic growth plan and run great restaurants so that we can drive long-term, sustainable growth for all of our stakeholders.” Global comparable sales were up 12.7% in the third quarter and increased 10.2% on a 2-year basis & Year-to-date digital Systemwide sales* were about $13 billion, or over 20% of total Systemwide sales in our top six markets.

MEMES WATCH

AMC Entertainment (AMC) closed at $39.46,+3.06%.  On November 8, AMC reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021. AMC operated 596 domestic theatres representing essentially 100% of its domestic theatres and 351 international theatres representing approximately 99% of its international theatres. Substantially all of the Company’s theatres were open for the entirety. 

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) announced recently that it expects to complete its $1 billion three-year share repurchase plan by the end of fiscal 2021, two years ahead of schedule. Shares of BBBY closed at $23.08, +5.92% . 

GameStop (GME) closed at $204.32, +2.58%. On Nov. 4, GameStop announced that it has entered into a new $500 million global asset-based revolving credit facility (“ABL Facility”) with a syndicate of banks. The new five-year ABL Facility, which was oversubscribed, replaces the Company’s existing $420 million facility due in November 2022. In addition to delivering enhanced liquidity, the new ABL Facility provides for reduced borrowing costs, lighter covenants and more flexibility. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. acted as Lead Arranger and will serve as Administrative Agent.

Shares of Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. (SHIP) closed at $1.05, after recently announcing its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021. Highlights of the Third Quarter of 2021: Gross revenues: $50 million in Q3 2021, as compared to $20.4 million in Q3 2020, up 146%, Net Income: $20.1 million in Q3 2021, as compared to $3.6 million in Q3 2020, up 459%, EBITDA1: $30.1 million in Q3 2021, as compared to $12.7 million in Q3 2020, up 137%, Adjusted EBITDA1: $32.2 million in Q3 2021, as compared to $7.8 million in Q3 2020, up 312%.

Economic Reports

• On Monday, no reports surfaced. 
• On Tuesday, the Producer Price Index for final demand report confirmed a rise by.6% M/M in October and the index for final demand rose by .4%. The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index for October fell to 98.2.
• On Wednesday, the Total CPI report confirmed a better-than-expected move up by .9% M/M in October & the Core CPI surprised as well moving up .6% M/M adding additional inflation related worries. The total jobless claims report for the week ending November 6 dropped by 4k to 267k, while continuing claims for the week ending October 30 actually rose by 59k to 2.16M. The Treasury Budget report also reveled a $165.1N deficit in October. The Wholesale inventories report also confirmed  rise by 1.4% M/M in September.  The weekly crude oil inventories report confirmed another rise by 1M barrels as oil prices dropped to $81.23 or 2.5% and the energy sector fell 3% in turn. The weekly MBA Mortgage Applications Index report showed a 5.5% increase W/W. The yield curve bounced back today as the 2-yr yield rose 10 basis points to .50% & the 10-yr yield moved up by 13 basis points to 1.56% as did the U.S. Dollar Index moved higher by .98% to 94.87.
• On Thursday, no reports were produced. 

Investing & Inspiration

1. “Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.” – Charles B. Rangel,
2. “The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.” – Albert Einstein
3. “Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.” – Benjamin Spock
4. “This idea of mutual appreciation and partnerships and investment in our people is very important to me and will continue to be important.” – Dennis Muilenburg
5. “The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.” – William Morris
6. “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” – Jim Rohn
7. “Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.” – Frank Lloyd Wright
8. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle
9. “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” – Mark Twain
10. “The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.” – John Burroughs
11. “It’s the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.” – Robert W. Service
12. “When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.” – Oscar Wilde
13. “A savvy entrepreneur will not always look for investment money, first.” – Daymond John
14. “In tennis, you strike a ball just after the rebound for the fastest return. It’s the same with investment.” – Masayoshi Son

15. “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” -Albert Einstein

16. “The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

17. “Don’t go through life, grow through life.”– Eric Butterworth
18. “This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.” – William James
19. “People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.” –  Isaac Asimov
20. “True life is lived when tiny changes occur.”  – Leo Tolstoy
21. “If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.” – Clint Eastwood
22. “In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.” – Miguel de Cervantes
23. “Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.” – W. Clement Stone
24. “If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner.” – Tallulah Bankhead
25. “The deal machinations many companies put themselves through, while certainly a bonanza for investment bankers, can confound the typical investor.” – Whitney Tilson
26. “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!” – Audrey Hepburn
27. “Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.” – Don Marquis

28. “Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.” – Benjamin Franklin

29. “Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.” – John Wooden

30. “One fails forward toward success.” – Charles Kettering

31. “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” – Michelangelo
32. “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” – Confucius
33. “I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
34. “Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting.” – Elizabeth Bibesco
35. “As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.” – Ben Hogan
36. “Progress is man’s ability to complicate simplicity.” – Thor Heyerdahl
37. “Economics is all about consumption. People either spend money now or they use financial instruments – like bonds, stocks and savings accounts – so they can spend more later.” – Adam Davidson
38. “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” -Samuel Beckett
39. “In the post-industrial economy, ideas and great minds often provide far greater return on investment than any other resources or capital investments.” – Marvin Ammori
40. “Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching.” – Satchel Paige
41. “One of the rules I’ve learned is that struggling to try and think your way into making an investment is usually the best way to not have a great outcome.” – Stephen A. Schwarzman
42. “The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.” – Aristotle Onassis
43. “It takes a long time to grow an old friend.” – John Leonard
44. “Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.”– Sholom Aleichem
45. “The truth is you don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.” – Eminem
46. “Man is only great when he acts from passion.” – Benjamin Disraeli
47. “We need to stop thinking about infrastructure as an economic stimulant and start thinking about it as a strategy. Economic stimulants produce Bridges to Nowhere. Strategic investment in infrastructure produces a foundation for long-term growth.” – Roger McNamee
48. “We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” – Joseph Campbell
49. “Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.” – Swami Sivananda
50. “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean
51. “Companies have too many experts who block innovation. True innovation really comes from perpendicular thinking.” – Peter Diamandis
52. “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” – Benjamin Franklin
53. “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein
54. “When you’re an investor, you can look at the quantitative and qualitative elements of an investment, but there’s a third aspect: What you feel in your gut.” – Kevin O’Leary
55. “Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.” – Omar N. Bradley
56. “Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.” – Elbert Hubbard
57. “Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.” – Ed Markey 
58. “Every good painter paints what he is.” – Jackson Pollock
59. “If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride – and never quit, you’ll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.” – Bear Bryant
60. “Your mindset matters. It affects everything – from the business and investment decisions you make, to the way you raise your children, to your stress levels and overall well-being.” – Peter Diamandis
61. “You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.” – Joyce Meyer 
62. “Like wildebeest and zebra migration across the Serengeti, investment managers and consultants, too, have a habit of running together and, every now and then, changing direction.” – Sanjaya Baru
63. “If people are anything but enthusiastic about the information or ideas that they’re sharing, they’re either not that invested in what they’re doing – or they’re not communicating that investment effectively.” – Ana Kasparian 
64. “Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.” – Josh Billings 
65. “Friend, there’s no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments.” – Joel Osteen
66. “It’s only natural that the heavy users help contribute to the investment to keep the Web healthy. That is the most important concept of net neutrality.” – Lowell McAdam
67. “The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.” – Jean Paul 

68. “Eliminate emotion from your investment program.” -John C. Bogle

69. “Modern medical advances have helped millions of people live longer, healthier lives. We owe these improvements to decades of investment in medical research.” – Ike Skelton
70. “In every investment, before I get involved or invest, I always see what the mindset of the founder, the CEO, is.” – Zaza Pachulia
71. “An investment said to have an 80% chance of success sounds far more attractive than one with a 20% chance of failure. The mind can’t easily recognize that they are the same.” – Daniel Kahneman
72. “The return on investment in global health is tremendous, and the biggest bang for the buck comes from vaccines. Vaccines are among the most successful and cost-effective health investments in history.” – Seth Berkley
73. “Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A ‘you can do it’ when things are tough.” – Richard M. DeVos
74. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
75. “We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.”  – Jesse Owens
76. “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” – William Arthur Ward- American Writer, Born 1921
77. “Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” – Willie Nelson
78. “The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.” – Mike Murdock
79.  “If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.” – Leah LaBelle
80. “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work”. -Thomas A. Edison
81. “Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.” – Ed Markey

82. “Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.” – Plato

83. “We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.” – Swami Vivekananda
84. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

85. “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” – Lewis Carroll

86. “Don’t worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.” – Ice Cube

87. “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare

88. “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” – Niels Bohr (Danish Physicist)

89. “It is indeed true that the stock market can forecast the business cycle.” -Paul Samuelson

90. “The wisest rule in investment is: when others are selling, buy. When others are buying, sell. Usually, of course, we do the opposite. When everyone else is buying, we assume they know something we don’t, so we buy. Then people start selling, panic sets in, and we sell too.” – Jonathan Sacks

91. “What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
92. “Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.” – Thomas Sowell
93. “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll
94. “The truth is you don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.” – Eminem

95. “View health as an investment, not an expense.” – John Quelch

96. “Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.” – Kyle Chandler

97. “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” – Lewis Carroll
98. “Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” – Willie Nelson
99. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
100. “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” – Marie Curie
101. “A problem is a chance for you to do your best.”–  Duke Ellington
102. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” -Peter Drucker
103. “I’m involved in the stock market, which is fun and, sometimes, very painful.” – Regis Philbin
104. “Who owns the future? This is the question at the heart of every stock market.” – John Landgraf
105. “One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute.” – William Feather
106. “While I’m sure some millennials are concerned with the ethical issues involved in mining for diamonds, the main reason they steer clear of the gems is because, well, they’re a dumb investment.” – Ana Kasparian
107. “The wisest rule in investment is: when others are selling, buy. When others are buying, sell. Usually, of course, we do the opposite. When everyone else is buying, we assume they know something we don’t, so we buy. Then people start selling, panic sets in, and we sell too.” – Jonathan Sack
108. “We must shift our thinking away from short-term gain toward long-term investment and sustainability, and always have the next generations in mind with every decision we make.” –  Deb Haaland
109. “The only way to have a friend is to be one.” –  Ralph Waldo Emerson
110. “If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride – and never quit, you’ll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.” – Bear Bryant

111. “Investing in women’s lives is an investment in sustainable development, in human rights, in future generations – and consequently in our own long-term national interests.” -Liya Kebede

112. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”– Winston Churchill

113. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius

114. “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” – Archimedes
115. “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” – George Orwell
116. “If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.” – Elon Musk
117. “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” – William Arthur Ward
118. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
119. “Netflix, Amazon, iTunes – whatever platforms emerge – we are looking at as having the same potential that home video had for the movie business. Which means there are entirely new opportunities to monetize our capital investment in content and do so in ways that work for distributors, for consumers and for creators.” – Bob Iger

120. “When you have no one to answer to, vendetta as investment strategy is as legitimate as anything.” – Carl Icahn

121. “No other investment yields as great a return as the investment in education. An educated workforce is the foundation of every community and the future of every economy.” – Brad Henry
122. “In my view, the biggest investment risk is not the volatility of prices, but whether you will suffer a permanent loss of capital. Not only is the mere drop in stock prices not risk, but it is an opportunity. Where else do you look for cheap stocks?” – Li Lu

123. “Modern medical advances have helped millions of people live longer, healthier lives.

124. We owe these improvements to decades of investment in medical research.”– Ike Skelton

125. “Stock market goes up or down, and you can’t adjust your portfolio based on the whims of the market, so you have to have a strategy in a position and stay true to that strategy and not pay attention to noise that could surround any particular investment.” – John Paulson

126. “Your mindset matters. It affects everything – from the business and investment decisions you make, to the way you raise your children, to your stress levels and overall well-being.” – Peter Diamandis
127. “Inflation destroys savings, impedes planning, and discourages investment. That means less productivity and a lower standard of living.” – Kevin Brady
128. “Bitcoin, in the short or even long term, may turn out be a good investment in the same way that anything that is rare can be considered valuable. Like baseball cards. Or a Picasso.” – Andrew Ross Sorkin
129. “I think you have to learn that there’s a company behind every stock and there’s only one real reason why stocks go up. Companies go from doing poorly to doing well or small companies grow to large companies.” – Peter Lynch
130. “Historically, there has been a bull market in the commodities every 20 or 30 years.” – Jim Rogers
131. “The markets generally are unpredictable, so that one has to have different scenarios. The idea that you can actually predict what’s going to happen contradicts my way of looking at the market.” – George Soros
132. “Stop trying to predict the direction of the stock market, the economy or the elections.” – Warren Buffett
133. “An important key to investing is to remember that stocks are not lottery tickets.” – Peter Lynch
134. “Learn everyday, but especially from the experiences of others. It’s cheaper!” – John Bogle
135. “When purchasing depressed stock in troubled companies, seek out the ones with the superior financial positions and avoid the ones with loads of bank debt.” – Peter Lynch
136. “No stock price is too low for bears or too high for bulls.” – John F. Heerdink, Jr.

137. “Investment is most successful when it is most businesslike.” – Ben Graham

138. “Value stocks are about as exciting as watching grass grow, but have you ever noticed just how much your grass grows in a week?” – Christopher Browne

139. “Even the intelligent investor is likely to need considerable willpower to keep from following the crowd.” – Benjamin Graham
140. “Individual who cannot master their emotions are ill-suited to profit from the investment process.” – Benjamin Graham
141. “I made my first investment at age eleven. I was wasting my life until then.” – Warren Buffet
142. “I don’t look to jump over seven-foot bars; I look around for one-foot bars that I can step over.” — Warren Buffett
143. “There are only three measurements that tell you nearly everything you need to know about your organization’s overall performance: employee engagement, customer satisfaction, and cash flow. It goes without saying that no company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it.” – Jack Welch, former CEO of GE
144. “Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble” ― Warren Buffett
145. “If you buy things you do not need, soon you will have to sell things you need.” – Warren Buffet
146. “How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case.” — Robert G. Allen
147. “It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price, than a fair company at a wonderful price.” – Warren Buffett
148. “A market downturn doesn’t bother us. It is an opportunity to increase our ownership of great companies with great management at good prices.” — Warren Buffett
149. “Every once in a while, the market does something so stupid it takes your breath away.” — Jim Cramer
150. “The person who starts simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed; you must have a larger ambition.” — John D. Rockefeller
151. “Know what you own, and know why you own it.” – Peter Lynch
152. “Although it’s easy to forget sometimes, a share is not a lottery ticket… it’s part ownership of a business.” – Peter Lynch
153. “Wise spending is part of wise investing. And it’s never too late to start.” – Rhonda Katz

154. “Invest for the long haul. Don’t get too greedy and don’t get too scared.” – Shelby M.C. Davis

155. “Fear incites human action far more urgently than does the impressive weight of historical evidence.”
     -Jeremy Siegel
156. “With a good perspective on history, we can have a better understanding of the past and present, and thus a clear vision of the future.” — Carlos Slim Helu
157. “If we like a business, we’re going to buy as much of it as we can and keep it as long as we can. And when we change our mind, we don’t take half measures.” – Warren Buffett

158. “The most contrarian thing of all is not to oppose the crowd but to think for yourself.” — Peter Thiel

159. “Never depend on a single income, make an investment to create a second source.” Warren Buffet

160. “Games are won by players who focus on the playing field –- not by those whose eyes are glued to the scoreboard.”
     ― Warren Buffett
161. “The key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them.” – Peter Lynch
162. “Courage taught me no matter how bad a crisis gets … any sound investment will eventually pay off.” — Carlos Slim Helu
163. “Investing puts money to work. The only reason to save money is to invest it.” – Grant Cardone
164. “As time goes on, I get more and more convinced that the right method of investment is to put fairly large sums into enterprises which one thinks one knows something about and in the management of which one thoroughly believes.” — John Maynard Keynes
165. “Given a 10% chance of a 100 times payoff, you should take that bet every time.” — Jeff Bezos
166. “Money is always eager and ready to work for anyone who is ready to employ it.” ― Idowu Koyenikan
167. “The secret to investing is to figure out the value of something – and then pay a lot less.” – Joel Greenblatt
168. “We don’t have an analytical advantage, we just look in the right place.” – Seth Klarman
169. “Men, it has been well said, think in herds. It will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.” – Charles Mackay
170. “It’s not whether you’re right or wrong that’s important, but how much money you make when you’re right and how much you lose when you’re wrong.” – George Soros
171. “No Price is too low for a bear or too high for a bull.” — Anonymous
172. “Investment is an asset or item that is purchased with the hope that it will generate income or appreciate in the future.” Anonymous
173. “Behind every stock is a company. Find out what it’s doing.” — Peter Lynch
174. “Wise spending is part of wise investing. And it’s never too late to start.” –Rhonda Katz
175. “It amazes me how people are often more willing to act based on little or no data than to use data that is a challenge to assemble.” ― Robert Shiller
176. “A bull market is like sex. It feels best just before it ends.” — Barton Biggs
177. “The investor’s chief problem — even his worst enemy — is likely to be himself.” — Benjamin Graham
178. “No profession requires more hard work, intelligence, patience, and mental discipline than successful speculation.” – Robert Rhea
179. “Money is like a sixth sense – and you can’t make use of the other five without it.” – William Somerset Maugham
180. “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it. He who doesn’t, pays it.” — Albert Einstein
181. “Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good results” — Warren Buffett
182. “The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient.” – Warren Buffett
183. “Thousands of experts study overbought indicators, head-and-shoulder patterns, put-call ratios, the Fed’s policy on money supply…and they can’t predict markets with any useful consistency, any more than the gizzard squeezers could tell the Roman emperors when the Huns would attack.” – Peter Lynch
184. “Investing puts money to work. The only reason to save money is to invest it.” – Grant Cardone
185. “You cannot save time for your future use however you can invest time for your future.” – John F. Heerdink, Jr. 
186. “Know what you own, and know why you own it.” – Peter Lynch
187. “Liquidity is only there when you don’t need it.” -Old Proverb
188. “If you want to be a millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline.” – Richard Branson
189. “Fear incites human action far more urgently than does the impressive weight of historical evidence.” – Jeremy Siegel
190. “In investing, what is comfortable is rarely profitable.” – Robert Arnott
191. “Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up.” – Charlie Munger
192. “The entrance strategy is actually more important than the exit strategy.” – Edward Lampert
193. “The rivers don’t drink their own water; Trees don’t eat their own fruits. The sun does not shine for itself, And flowers do not spread their fragrance For themselves. Living for others is a rule of nature” – Pope Francis
194. “It is impossible to produce superior performance unless you do something different from the majority.” – John Templeton
195. “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin.
196. “I believe the returns on investment in the poor are just as exciting as successes achieved in the business arena, and they are even more meaningful!” -Bill Gates
197. “Every portfolio benefits from bonds; they provide a cushion when the stock market hits a rough patch. But avoiding stocks completely could mean your investment won’t grow any faster than the rate of inflation.” – Suze Orman
198. “The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility, and flow of risk capital… the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital, and thereby the strength and potential for growth in the economy.” – John F. Kennedy
199. “If all the economists were laid end to end, they’d never reach a conclusion. -George Bernard Shaw
200. “There are old traders and there are bold traders, but there are very few old, bold traders.”-Ed Seykota
201. “Let this scenario play out on its own, in its own fashion. As you watch it unfold, you will soon be grateful that you choose the peaceful path. Remember — those who live by the sword, die by the sword.”
202. “As long as you enjoy investing, you’ll be willing to do the homework and stay in the game.” -Jim Cramer
203. “I rarely think the market is right. I believe non-dividend stocks aren’t much more than baseball cards. They are worth what you can convince someone to pay for it.” -Mark Cuban
204. “Michael Marcus taught me one other thing that is absolutely critical: You have to be willing to make mistakes regularly; there is nothing wrong with it. Michael taught me about making your best judgment, being wrong, making your next best judgment, being wrong, making your third best judgment, and then doubling your money.” -Bruce Kovner
205. “The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.” -Jawaharlal Nehru
206. “The only true test of whether a stock is “cheap” or “high” is not its current price in relation to some former price, no matter how accustomed we may have become to that former price, but whether the company’s fundamentals are significantly more or less favorable than the current financial-community appraisal of that stock.” -Philip Fisher
207. “I learned to avoid trying to catch up or double up to recoup losses. I also learned that a certain amount of loss will affect your judgment, so you have to put some time between that loss and the next trade.” -Richard Dennis
208. “The four most dangerous words in investing are: ‘this time it’s different.” -Sir John Templeton
209. “Money doesn’t make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.” -Arnold Schwarzenegger