Tech’s Strong Move Carries Nasdaq & S&P 500 Higher Thursday – $INVO $LCID $NVDA $PROG $QCOM $TSLA Rise!

Happy Thursday!

Today, the markets ended a bit mixed overall positive after the first three days of overwhelming positive across the board returns. The S&P 500 closed at 4,680.06 (+.42%), the Dow 30 closed at 36,124.23 (-.09%), & the Nasdaq also closed at 15,940.31 (+.81%). The small caps on the Russell 2000 retreated closing at 2,402.43 (-.08%) & the MicroCaps ticked lower as the iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC) closed at $154.33, (=.15%).

The macroeconomic schedule delivered a couple of surprises to the downside and one to the positive asthe Initial jobless claims for the week ending October 30 fell by 14k to 269k, while continuing claims for the week ending October 23 fell by 134k to 2.105 million.  However, Q3 productivity dropped by 5%, while unit labor costs jumped by an annual rate of 8.3%. The September trade deficit also worsened  coming in a record $80.9B. Tomorrow’s schedule will provide Employment Situation Report for October and Consumer Credit for September.

The yield curve pulled back too as the 2-yr yield fell 6 basis points to .41%, & the 10-yr yield fell 6 basis points to 1.52%. The U.S. Dollar Index moved higher by .6% to 94.32.

Oil prices pulled back another 2.5%, so approx. 6% in the last 2-days now at $78.77/bbl as OPEC+ has reportedly agreed to keep current production on schedule for December 2021.

GOLD/SILVER  

The precious metals markets ended with gold prices closing at $1,793, +$18/oz. and silver closed at $23.85, +$.22/oz.  Hecla Mining Company (HL) closed at $5.70, -3.23%.

BIOTECH $XBI DOWN

The SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI) closed at $133.21, -.7% after the nearly 7% run this week, the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (IBB) closed at $161.83, -1.79%, & the NYSE ARCA Biotech Index (^BTK) closed at $5,755.62, -1.03%.

High flying Moderna (MRNA) closed at $284.02, , -17.9% today after missing earnings expectations. 

Progenity, Inc. (PROG) closed at $3.60, +15.76% today and share further legged up to $3.82, +6.11% in the aftermarkets. Progenity is a biotechnology company innovating in the fields of women’s health, gastrointestinal health, and oral biotherapeutics. Progenity applies a multi-omics approach, combining genomics, epigenomics, proteomics, and metabolomics to its molecular testing products and to the development of a suite of investigational ingestible devices designed to provide precise diagnostic sampling and drug delivery solutions. Progenity’s vision is to transform healthcare to become more precise and personal by improving diagnoses of disease and improving patient outcomes through localized treatment with targeted therapies. Today Progenity announced the appointment of Jill Howe to its board of directors effective November 3, 2021. Ms. Howe was also appointed chairperson of the Audit Committee and member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.  Jill Howe stated, “It’s an exciting time for Progenity as there is incredible depth and potential in the R&D pipeline. I look forward to working with the team to ensure the company’s potential is valued.”

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.

 

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 +24k times now to learn more. 

TECH – EV

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN, $3,374, +2.15%). Click here to see the details of their recent earnings report.

Shares of Apple (AAPL) closed at $150.96, -.35%. On Oct. 28th Apple® announced financial results for its fiscal 2021 fourth quarter ended September 25, 2021 and reportedly falling short of Wall Street’s expectations. The Company posted a September quarter revenue record of $83.4 billion, up 29 percent year over year, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $1.24. Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO stated, “This year we launched our most powerful products ever, from M1-powered Macs to an iPhone 13 lineup that is setting a new standard for performance and empowering our customers to create and connect in new ways. We are infusing our values into everything we make — moving closer to our 2030 goal of being carbon neutral up and down our supply chain and across the lifecycle of our products, and ever advancing our mission to build a more equitable future.” Luca Maestri, Apple’s CFO stated, “Our record September quarter results capped off a remarkable fiscal year of strong double-digit growth, during which we set new revenue records in all of our geographic segments and product categories in spite of continued uncertainty in the macro environment. The combination of our record sales performance, unmatched customer loyalty, and strength of our ecosystem drove our active installed base of devices to a new all-time high. During the September quarter, we returned over $24 billion to our shareholders, as we continue to make progress toward our goal of reaching a net cash neutral position over time.” Apple’s board of directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.22 per share of the Company’s common stock. The dividend is payable on November 11, 2021 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 8, 2021.

Qualcomm (QCOM) closed at $156.11, +12.7% after beating WallStreet’s expectations.  View the results and their guidance here. 

NVIDIA (NVDA) closed $298.01, +12.04% today after slaying expectations. Highlights included: Record revenue of $6.51 billion, up 68 percent from a year earlier, Record Gaming revenue of $3.06 billion, up 85 percent from a year earlier, & Record Data Center revenue of $2.37 billion, up 35 percent from a year earlier. Learn more here. 

Shares of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) closed at $336.44, +.73% after last week’s release of their Q1 2022 fiscal earnings report. Here are a few of the numbers from the report: Revenue: $45.3 billion versus $43.93 billion expected, Earnings per share: $2.71 versus $2.07 expected, Intelligent Cloud: $16.98 versus $16.58 billion expected, & Productivity & Business processes: $15.04 versus $14.70 billion expected. Satya Nadella, chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft stated, “Digital technology is a deflationary force in an inflationary economy. Businesses – small and large – can improve productivity and the affordability of their products and services by building tech intensity. The Microsoft Cloud delivers the end-to-end platforms and tools organizations need to navigate this time of transition and change.”

VP Watchlist company Tesla (TSLA) closed $1,229.91, +1.32% & is valued at $1.24T. On Oct 25, Hertz’ (HTZZ, $27.01, -1.06%) announced that they are making a significant investment to offer the largest EV rental fleet in North America and one of the largest in the world, which includes an initial order of 100,000 Tesla’s (+$4B investment) by the end of 2022 and new EV charging infrastructure across the company’s global operations. Last week, Tesla also released its financial results for the third quarter of 2021 they topped estimates but this win was a surprise. Tesla’s revenues came in at $13.76 billion vs. $13.91 billion expected, $8.77 billion Y/Y & Adjusted earnings per share came in at $1.86 vs. $1.67 expected, 76 cents Y/Y. Tesla also reconfirmed the company’s guidance that it will achieve 50% average annual growth in vehicle deliveries over a stated multi-year horizon. Today, Elon Musk apparently stated that there is no signed contract with Heartland that it would not have any economic impact. 

Shares of Lucid Group (LCID) closed at $37.12, +1.57%. Lucid will host a conference call to discuss its third quarter 2021 results on Monday, November 15, 2021 at 2:00 pm PT / 5:00 pm ET. The company will issue an earnings press release with the dial-in number and a link to the live webcast on its investor relations website at ir.lucidmotors.com prior to the conference call. Lucid’s mission is to inspire the adoption of sustainable energy by creating the most captivating electric vehicles, centered around the human experience. The company’s first car, Lucid Air, is a state-of-the-art luxury sedan with a California-inspired design underpinned by race-proven technology. Lucid Air features a luxurious full-size interior space in a mid-size exterior footprint. Customer deliveries of Lucid Air, which is produced at Lucid’s new factory in Casa Grande, Arizona, will begin on October 30, 2021.

Shares of IronNet, Inc. (IRNT), an innovative leader transforming cybersecurity through Collective Defense, closed at $11.80, -3.44%. Last week, 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.”  

DISNEY

Another VP Watchlist company, Walt Disney (DIS), closed $170.28, +.12%. Disney is reportedly planning to raise ticket prices for Disneyland will likely drive revenue forward. Surprise! Surprise! There is also a good chance that they will continue to do so across their entertainment platform as we move forward too. Disney will discuss fiscal full year and fourth quarter 2021 financial results via a live audio webcast beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT on Wednesday, November 10, 2021. Results will be released after the close of regular trading on November 10, 2021. To listen to the webcast, please visit www.disney.com/investors.

MCD 

Shares of McDonald’s (MCD) closed at $253.46, +1.22% after last week’s release of their Q3 results. McDonald’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Chris Kempczinski 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.

FORD

Shares of Ford (F) closed at $19.42, +4.24%. 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.

MEMES WATCH

AMC Entertainment (AMC) closed at $40.05, -1.81%. On Tuesday,  AMC Theaters (NYSE:AMC), the largest theatrical exhibitor in the United States, in Europe & the Middle East and in the world, announced that it is again rewarding its self-identified shareholders through AMC Investor Connect. Existing and new participants who sign up by year-end in AMC Investor Connect will be encouraged to come to AMC movie theatres in the United States in November, December, or January with the offer of another Free Large Popcorn, useable with the purchase of a ticket. This is the second time AMC has made such an offer to its shareholders. The first such time started in June of 2021, with that free large popcorn offer valid through yesterday October 31.

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) announced this week 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 $20.17, +4.51% . 

GameStop (GME) closed at $217.84, -.228%. According to Yahoo finance Brian Cheung, the Securities and Exchange Commission released a 45-page report recently offering no specific policy recommendations following the early 2021 frenzy over GameStop (GME) stock.

Shares of Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. (SHIP) closed at $1.08, -1.82% 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 & Tuesday, no reports were released.   
• On Wednesday, the Fed’s decision to keep interest rates near zero surfaced, while they also committed to taper net asset purchases by $15B this month; moves that were somewhat expected.  The Fed also reemphasized that in order for rates to be raised, we would need to reach maximum employment, They also restated that inflation pressures are truly transitory at best. The ISM Non-Manufacturing Index report for October confirmed a rise to 66.7%, while the factory orders for manufactured goods report confirmed a rise by .2% M/M in September. The ADP Employment Change report approximated that 571k jobs were added to private-sector payrolls in October. The IHS Markit Services PMI report confirmed a rise to 58.7 in the final reading for October. The weekly MBA Mortgage Applications Index report confirmed drop by 3.3%. The weekly crude oil inventories was confirmed to have risen by 3.29M barrels (a rise for a second consecutive weeks), while oil prices fell 3.6% to close at $80.81/bbl.
• On Thursday, 

Investing & Inspiration

1. “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” – Jim Rohn
2. “Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.” – Frank Lloyd Wright
3. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle
4. “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” – Mark Twain
5. “The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.” – John Burroughs
6. “It’s the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.” – Robert W. Service
7. “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
8. “A savvy entrepreneur will not always look for investment money, first.” – Daymond John
9. “In tennis, you strike a ball just after the rebound for the fastest return. It’s the same with investment.” – Masayoshi Son

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

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

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

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

24. “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

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

26. “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
27. “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” – Confucius
28. “I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
29. “Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting.” – Elizabeth Bibesco
30. “As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.” – Ben Hogan
31. “Progress is man’s ability to complicate simplicity.” – Thor Heyerdahl
32. “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
33. “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” -Samuel Beckett
34. “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
35. “Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching.” – Satchel Paige
36. “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
37. “The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.” – Aristotle Onassis
38. “It takes a long time to grow an old friend.” – John Leonard
39. “Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.”– Sholom Aleichem
40. “The truth is you don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.” – Eminem
41. “Man is only great when he acts from passion.” – Benjamin Disraeli
42. “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
43. “We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” – Joseph Campbell
44. “Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.” – Swami Sivananda
45. “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean
46. “Companies have too many experts who block innovation. True innovation really comes from perpendicular thinking.” – Peter Diamandis
47. “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” – Benjamin Franklin
48. “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein
49. “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
50. “Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.” – Omar N. Bradley
51. “Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.” – Elbert Hubbard
52. “Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.” – Ed Markey 
53. “Every good painter paints what he is.” – Jackson Pollock
54. “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
55. “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
56. “You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.” – Joyce Meyer 
57. “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
58. “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 
59. “Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.” – Josh Billings 
60. “Friend, there’s no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments.” – Joel Osteen
61. “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
62. “The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.” – Jean Paul 

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

64. “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
65. “In every investment, before I get involved or invest, I always see what the mindset of the founder, the CEO, is.” – Zaza Pachulia
66. “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
67. “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
68. “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
69. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
70. “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
71. “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” – William Arthur Ward- American Writer, Born 1921
72. “Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” – Willie Nelson
73. “The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.” – Mike Murdock
74.  “If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.” – Leah LaBelle
75. “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work”. -Thomas A. Edison
76. “Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.” – Ed Markey

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

78. “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
79. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

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

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

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

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

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

85. “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

86. “What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
87. “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
88. “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll
89. “The truth is you don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.” – Eminem

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

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

92. “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” – Lewis Carroll
93. “Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” – Willie Nelson
94. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
95. “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
96. “A problem is a chance for you to do your best.”–  Duke Ellington
97. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” -Peter Drucker
98. “I’m involved in the stock market, which is fun and, sometimes, very painful.” – Regis Philbin
99. “Who owns the future? This is the question at the heart of every stock market.” – John Landgraf
100. “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
101. “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
102. “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
103. “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
104. “The only way to have a friend is to be one.” –  Ralph Waldo Emerson
105. “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

106. “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

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

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

109. “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” – Archimedes
110. “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” – George Orwell
111. “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
112. “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” – William Arthur Ward
113. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
114. “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

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

116. “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
117. “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

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

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

120. “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

121. “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
122. “Inflation destroys savings, impedes planning, and discourages investment. That means less productivity and a lower standard of living.” – Kevin Brady
123. “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
124. “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
125. “Historically, there has been a bull market in the commodities every 20 or 30 years.” – Jim Rogers
126. “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
127. “Stop trying to predict the direction of the stock market, the economy or the elections.” – Warren Buffett
128. “An important key to investing is to remember that stocks are not lottery tickets.” – Peter Lynch
129. “Learn everyday, but especially from the experiences of others. It’s cheaper!” – John Bogle
130. “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
131. “No stock price is too low for bears or too high for bulls.” – John F. Heerdink, Jr.

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

133. “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

134. “Even the intelligent investor is likely to need considerable willpower to keep from following the crowd.” – Benjamin Graham
135. “Individual who cannot master their emotions are ill-suited to profit from the investment process.” – Benjamin Graham
136. “I made my first investment at age eleven. I was wasting my life until then.” – Warren Buffet
137. “I don’t look to jump over seven-foot bars; I look around for one-foot bars that I can step over.” — Warren Buffett
138. “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
139. “Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble” ― Warren Buffett
140. “If you buy things you do not need, soon you will have to sell things you need.” – Warren Buffet
141. “How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case.” — Robert G. Allen
142. “It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price, than a fair company at a wonderful price.” – Warren Buffett
143. “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
144. “Every once in a while, the market does something so stupid it takes your breath away.” — Jim Cramer
145. “The person who starts simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed; you must have a larger ambition.” — John D. Rockefeller
146. “Know what you own, and know why you own it.” – Peter Lynch
147. “Although it’s easy to forget sometimes, a share is not a lottery ticket… it’s part ownership of a business.” – Peter Lynch
148. “Wise spending is part of wise investing. And it’s never too late to start.” – Rhonda Katz

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

150. “Fear incites human action far more urgently than does the impressive weight of historical evidence.”
     -Jeremy Siegel
151. “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
152. “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

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

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

155. “Games are won by players who focus on the playing field –- not by those whose eyes are glued to the scoreboard.”
     ― Warren Buffett
156. “The key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them.” – Peter Lynch
157. “Courage taught me no matter how bad a crisis gets … any sound investment will eventually pay off.” — Carlos Slim Helu
158. “Investing puts money to work. The only reason to save money is to invest it.” – Grant Cardone
159. “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
160. “Given a 10% chance of a 100 times payoff, you should take that bet every time.” — Jeff Bezos
161. “Money is always eager and ready to work for anyone who is ready to employ it.” ― Idowu Koyenikan
162. “The secret to investing is to figure out the value of something – and then pay a lot less.” – Joel Greenblatt
163. “We don’t have an analytical advantage, we just look in the right place.” – Seth Klarman
164. “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
165. “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
166. “No Price is too low for a bear or too high for a bull.” — Anonymous
167. “Investment is an asset or item that is purchased with the hope that it will generate income or appreciate in the future.” Anonymous
168. “Behind every stock is a company. Find out what it’s doing.” — Peter Lynch
169. “Wise spending is part of wise investing. And it’s never too late to start.” –Rhonda Katz
170. “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
171. “A bull market is like sex. It feels best just before it ends.” — Barton Biggs
172. “The investor’s chief problem — even his worst enemy — is likely to be himself.” — Benjamin Graham
173. “No profession requires more hard work, intelligence, patience, and mental discipline than successful speculation.” – Robert Rhea
174. “Money is like a sixth sense – and you can’t make use of the other five without it.” – William Somerset Maugham
175. “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it. He who doesn’t, pays it.” — Albert Einstein
176. “Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good results” — Warren Buffett
177. “The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient.” – Warren Buffett
178. “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
179. “Investing puts money to work. The only reason to save money is to invest it.” – Grant Cardone
180. “You cannot save time for your future use however you can invest time for your future.” – John F. Heerdink, Jr. 
181. “Know what you own, and know why you own it.” – Peter Lynch
182. “Liquidity is only there when you don’t need it.” -Old Proverb
183. “If you want to be a millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline.” – Richard Branson
184. “Fear incites human action far more urgently than does the impressive weight of historical evidence.” – Jeremy Siegel
185. “In investing, what is comfortable is rarely profitable.” – Robert Arnott
186. “Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up.” – Charlie Munger
187. “The entrance strategy is actually more important than the exit strategy.” – Edward Lampert
188. “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
189. “It is impossible to produce superior performance unless you do something different from the majority.” – John Templeton
190. “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin.
191. “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
192. “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
193. “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
194. “If all the economists were laid end to end, they’d never reach a conclusion. -George Bernard Shaw
195. “There are old traders and there are bold traders, but there are very few old, bold traders.”-Ed Seykota
196. “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.”
197. “As long as you enjoy investing, you’ll be willing to do the homework and stay in the game.” -Jim Cramer
198. “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
199. “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
200. “The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.” -Jawaharlal Nehru
201. “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
202. “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
203. “The four most dangerous words in investing are: ‘this time it’s different.” -Sir John Templeton
204. “Money doesn’t make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.” -Arnold Schwarzenegger