Growth, Small, & MicroCap Stocks Lead The Way This Week – $ADT $ARCC $IWC $LTRN $PEN $SONO $TSLA $XBI Rise!

Happy Saturday!

I hope all proceeded along a positive trend this week for you and yours.

As for the broad markets this week, stocks saw a significantly positive all around move, both large and especially small & micro caps where a greater than 5% move was realized. A number of macroeconomic reports hit the presses again this week that fostered a belief that the Fed may actually be done raising rates, the economy is heading towards a soft landing and overall that it is slowing down. The reports included on Monday, the October Treasury Budget report came lower and at a deficit of $66.6B. On Tuesday, the CPI report revealed that consumer prices were flat M/M in October, driven by a downward move in oil prices, and taming inflation . Note that “core” inflation moved up, but at the slowest yearly pace since September 2021. On Wednesday, the Weekly MBA Mortgage Applications Index report came in at 2.8%. The October Retail Sales report also came in at -.1% & the October Retail Sales sans auto came in at .1%. The October PPI report clocked in at -.5%, while the October Core PPI was flat. The November Empire State Manufacturing report came in at 9.1 and the September Business Inventories report came in at .4%. On Thursday, the Weekly Initial Claims report came in higher at 231k, while the Weekly Continuing Claims report came in higher at 1.865Ma mark it has not hit since November 2021. The October Export Price Index report came in at -1.1%. The October Export Prices sans agriculture came in at -1%. The October Import Price Index report clocked in at -.8%, while the October Import Prices sans oil came in at -.2%. The November Philadelphia Fed Index came in at -5.9. The October Industrial Production came in at -.6%. The October Capacity Utilization report clocked in lower at 78.9% & the November NAHB Housing Market Index report came at 34 down from 40. On Friday, the Total housing starts report clocked in with a 1.9% M/M rise, however they are down to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.372M or 4.9% Y/Y. The Building permits report showed a 1.1%M/M rise, however they were also off 4.4% Y/Y as they have moved to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.487M.

Accordingly, the yield curve pulled back significantly with the 2-yr yield moving down 15bps to 4.90% and the 10-yr moving from 4.63% to 4.44%. The U.S. Dollar Index also fell significantly this week from 105.80 to 103.82. The CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX) pulled back again by 6.50% closing at $13.80. On positive note oil prices continued to fall and closed down by 1.6% (+10.6% over the last 3-wks) ending at $75.94/bbl and is back in to the traditionally acceptable range ($60-$80).

At the end of the week, the Dow 30 closed at 34,947 (+1.9%) this week and is now up 5.4% YTD.

The S&P 500 closed at 4,514 (+2.2%) for the week and is now up 17.6% YTD. 6 of the 11 sectors moved higher this week as the top two performing sectors were the information technology sector rising 4.8% and the communication services sector rising 2.2%, while the energy sector dropped 3.8%, the utilities sector fell 2.6%& the real estate lost 2.1%. 

The Nasdaq closed at 14,125 (+2.4%) and is now up 35% YTD.  

The Magnificent Seven closed as follows over the last 5-days: Alphabet (GOOG) closing at $136.94, +2.15%, Amazon (AMZN) closing at $145.18, +1.13%, Apple (AAPL, $189.69, +1.77%), Meta Platforms (META) closing at $335.04, +1.91%, Microsoft (MSFT) closing at $369.85, +.05%, NVIDIA (NVDA) closing at $492.98, +1.99% & Tesla (TSLA) closing at $234.30, +9.15%.

After the 3.1% drop last week, the small caps on the Russell 2000 closed at 1,797.77 (+5.42%) for the week & is now 2.07% YTD. The MicroCaps also moved significantly higher this week as the iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC) closed at $100.53, +6.11% this week, but is still down 6.77% YTD after establishing a new 52-wk low at $90.70 recently.

Bank stocks on the SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) rose 9.28% over the last 5-days to close at $45.21 and is now down 23.03% YTD & the SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE) also moved up 8.03% over the last 5-days to close at $39.94.

The Biotech sector rebounded this week.  The Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (IBB) closed at $118.10, +2.22% over the last 5-days and is now down 10.05% YTD, the NYSE ARCA Biotech Index (^BTK) closed at 4,785.59, +3.16% over the last 5-days and is now down 9.38% YTD, & the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI) closed at $72.66, +8.53% over the last 5-days, & is now down 12.46% YTD. The 52-week range is is now $63.80-$92.60 after establishing a new 52-wk low this week.

Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) closed at $43.70, +9.99% over the last 5-days and is up 39.88% YTD.   

The iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF (IYH) closed at $268.15, +1.90% over the last 5-days and is now down 5.48% YTD.   Penumbra, Inc. (NYSE: PEN. $226.31, 24.73% over the last 5-days), a global healthcare company focused on innovative therapies, reported (on Nov. 2) financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023. They highlighted the following: Revenue of $270.9 million in the third quarter of 2023, an increase of 26.8% or 25.9% in constant currency1, compared to the third quarter of 2022, Revenue of $179.1 million from sales of our thrombectomy products in the third quarter of 2023, an increase of 38.0%, compared to the third quarter of 2022, Income from operations of $12.6 million and Non-GAAP income from operations1 of $33.2 million in the third quarter of 2023, & Net income of $9.2 million and adjusted EBITDA1 of $51.5 million or adjusted EBITDA margin of 19.0% in the third quarter of 2023.

From the world of cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC) moved to $36,418.82, -.33% over the course of the last 5-days at the time of the completion of this message &  is up 118.02% over the last year.

Gold prices closed at $1,985 up from $1,943 over the last 5-days.  Silver prices closed at $22.77 up from $23.31 over the last 5-days. The Global X Silver ETF (SIL) closed at $25.36, +7.78% over the last 5-days.

VP Watchlist Updates

Lantern (LTRN) closed at $4.03, +22.12% over the last 5-days. Lantern is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) firm that is transforming the cost, pace, and timeline of oncology drug discovery and development and specifically is developing targeted and transformative cancer therapies using its proprietary RADR® AI and machine learning (“ML”) platform with multiple clinical stage drug programs.

Check out this Lou Basenese, Public Ventures President & Chief Market Strategist, interview with Varney & Company on FOX where he shares his views on several ‘under the radar’ AI companies, including AI firm Lantern Pharma. Here’s the link at Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/883266795/28d49860cf?share=copy

On Nov. 8, Lantern announced operational highlights and financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023 highlighting the following: 

• Received IND clearance from FDA to initiate Phase 1 clinical trial for LP-284, a first-in-human trial for advanced, refractory non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas (NHL). 
• Dosed initial patient in Phase 1 with LP-184, a clinical trial for multiple advanced solid tumors that are refractory to standard-of-care therapies.
• Progressed Phase 2 LP-300 Harmonic™ clinical trial towards enrollment in East Asian countries where 30-35+% of all lung cancer cases occur in never-smokers with NSCLC; continued expansion of additional clinical trial sites in the US and increased focus on recruitment activity with advocacy groups.
• Developed initial proof-of-concept and preclinical evidence for a novel cryptophycin-based ADC (antibody-drug conjugate); initial data is planned to be shared in January 2024.
• Furthered development of Lantern’s AI platform, RADR®, to include modules for the streamlined development of ADCs and the prediction of drug combinations with existing approved checkpoint inhibitors.
• Approximately $45 million in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities as of September 30, 2023, is anticipated to provide a cash runway into at least Q3 of 2025.

As a quick follow up to Tribe Public’s recent CEO Presentation events that were held on the West Coast, our sister organization held a brief webinar-based Q&A session with Panna Sharma, CEO of Lantern, to have him address a few questions. The video has now ben published at the Tribe Public YouTube Channel the brief ~10-minute informative session can be viewed now by clicking here.

On Oct. 3, Lantern announced that in vivo data highlighting the enhanced efficacy of Lantern’s drug candidate LP-184 in glioblastoma (GBM) were published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. LP-184 is a unique small molecule with low nanomolar activity and favorable CNS penetration. LP-184 utilizes its powerful mechanism of action, known as synthetic lethality, to exploit common vulnerabilities in solid tumor and CNS cancers with DNA damage repair (DDR) deficiencies. In addition, Lantern’s AI platform, RADR®, has highlighted overlapping gene dependency profiles between GBM tumorigenesis and sensitivity to LP-184, such as EGFR activation pathways. The article, entitled “Preclinical Efficacy of LP-184, a Tumor Site Activated Synthetic Lethal Therapeutic, in Glioblastoma” can be accessed here.

 

Panna Sharma is the President, CEO, and Board Member of Lantern Pharma Inc.

“The data highlighted in Clinical Cancer Research solidify LP-184 as a promising therapeutic for GBM, with LP-184 having inhibited the viability and growth of multiple GBM models including temozolomide-resistant and MGMT-expressing cells,” stated Panna Sharma, Lantern’s President and CEO.

“The rapid advancement of LP-184 into a first-in-human Phase 1 trial provides strong validation of the power of our AI-enabled approach to drug development. This approach is about more than just developing new treatments, it’s about making them more targeted, more effective, and ultimately doing all of this more efficiently. This publication demonstrates our ability to deliver on these aspirations and introduce new therapeutic programs in areas where there is significant unmet patient need.”

StoneCo Ltd. (Nasdaq: STNE, $13.87, +29.38 over the last 5-days) on Nov. 10, reported its financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2023. They highlighted a strong quarter with Adjusted EBT reaching R$545 million, up 228% year over year, on accelerating MSMB TPV growth of 19.9%, resulting in Adjusted Net income of R$435 million, up 302% year over year.

Thanks again for your attention this week. Please continue to share your thoughts, questions, & ideas as we move forward. 

In the meantime, please enjoy the balance of the weekly newsletter’s videos, quotes, updates and let’s find ways to crush it again as we move forward!

Investing & Inspiration

1. “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” – Warren Buffett
2. “We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.” – Helen Hayes
3. “A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” – George Bernard Shaw
4. “Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.”  – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
5. “Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.” – Theodore Roosevelt
6. “Time is money.” – Benjamin Franklin
7. “Change before you have to.” – Jack Welch
8. “Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.” – George Eliot
9. “The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson
10. “Care and diligence bring luck.” – Thomas Fuller
11. “Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.” – Edmund Burke
12. “A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.” – George Savile
13. “Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” – Willie Nelson
14. “Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.” – John Ruskin
15. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James
16. “Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” –  Marcel Proust
17. “Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.” – Napoleon Hill
18. “Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break.” – Earl Wilson
19. “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” – Henry Ford
20. “Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.”– Samuel Smiles
21. “Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.” – Mark Twain
22. “What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” – Vincent Van Gogh
23. “The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg
24. “Our lives improve only when we take chances – and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.” – Walter Anderson
25. “Action is the foundational key to all success.” – Pablo Picasso
26. “Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.” – John Wooden
27. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs
28. “All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” – Havelock Ellis
29. “The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.” – Robert Kiyosaki
30. “O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?” – Percy Bysshe Shelley
31. “Patience is a virtue, and I’m learning patience. It’s a tough lesson.” – Elon Musk
32. “Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.” – John Boyle O’Reilly
33. “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” – Norman Vincent Peale
34. “Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.” – Boris Pasternak
35. “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” – Albert Einstein
36. “It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.” – Blaise Pascal
37. “Do exactly what you would do if you felt most secure.” – Meister Eckhart
38. “Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized.” – Leo Buscaglia
39. “Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.” – Wordsworth
40. “Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.” – Mary Tyler Moore
41. “A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.” – Tecumseh
42. “If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
43. “There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.” – Louis XIV
44. “The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.” – Arthur C. Clarke
45. “Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.” – Mother Teresa
46. “The future rewards those who press on. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I’m going to press on.” – Barack Obama
47. “By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” – Confucius
48. “No man was ever wise by chance.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
49. “Progress is man’s ability to complicate simplicity.” – Thor Heyerdahl
50. “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare

51. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius

52. “I want to put a ding in the universe.” – Steve Jobs

53. “Research is creating new knowledge.” – Neil Armstrong

54. “The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.” – Jonas Salk
55. “Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.” – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
56. “There’s something about taking a plow and breaking new ground. It gives you energy.” – Ken Kesey

57. “Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.” – William Feather

58. “The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.” – Nadia Boulanger

59. “More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.” – Rose Kennedy

60. “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” – Archimedes

61. “A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.” – Mark Twain

62. “The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost

63. “Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” – Francis of Assisi

64. “Without labor nothing prospers.” – Sophocles

65. “Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.” – Albert Einstein

66. “This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.” – Hannah Arendt

67. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller

68. “He who is brave is free.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

69. “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” – Elon Musk

70. “I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don’t need.” – Auguste Rodin

71. “Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.” – Robert Green Ingersoll

72. “He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.” – Lao Tzu

73. “Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.” – Stewart Udall

74. “In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.” – Dalai Lama

75. “A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.” – Bob Dylan
76. “Inflation destroys savings, impedes planning, and discourages investment. That means less productivity and a lower standard of living.” – Kevin Brady
77. “If we give something positive to others, it will return to us. If we give negative, that negativity will be returned.” – Allu Arjun
78. “A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.” ~ George S. Patton
79. “You must do the things you think you cannot do.”- Eleanor Roosevelt
80. “Success is dependent on effort.” – Sophocles
81. “Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.” – George Halas
82. “Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
83. “And when I breathed, my breath was lightning.” – Black Elk
84. “Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.” – Joseph Hall
85. “You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.” – Maya Angelou
86. “If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.” – Clint Eastwood
87. “We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.” – Ray Bradbury
88. “If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.” – Confucius
89. “I’d rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.” – Robert H. Schuller
90. “Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” Desmond Tutu
91. “It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.” – Thomas Sowell
92. “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” – Buddha”
93. Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.” –  Boris Pasternak
94. “Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.” – Khalil Gibran 
95. “Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.” – Bruce Lee
96. “All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
97. “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” –  Colin Powell
98. “There is more to life than increasing its speed.” – Mahatma Gandhi
99. “Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.” – Allen Klein
100. “Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.” – W. Clement Stone
101. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
102. “In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.” – Albert Einstein
103. “Life is too short for long-term grudges.” – Elon Musk
104. “There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.” – Henry Kissinger
105. “Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.” – Oliver Goldsmith
106. “The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever.” – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
107. “Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living.” – Omar N. Bradley
108. “Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it.” – Rumi
109. “But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” – Ernest Hemingway
110. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
111. “Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.” – Nelson Mandela
112. “The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.” – John Maynard Keynes
113. “A successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population, increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure, and the generation of additional surplus, which is invested in generating new discoveries in science and technology.” – Robert Trout
114. “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” – Albert Einstein
115. “It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.” – Blaise Pascal
116. “If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.” – W. Edwards Deming
117. “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
118. “Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” – Abraham Lincoln
119. “Without investment there will not be growth, and without growth there will not be employment.” – Muhtar Kent
120. “You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.” – Abraham Lincoln
121. “Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.” – John F. Kennedy
122. “Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!” – Donna Karan
123. “It’s crazy how fast time flies and how things progress.” – Nathan Chen
124. “The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” – Albert Einstein
125. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw
126. “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” – Confucius
127. “A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.” – John C. Maxwell
128. “Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” – Helen Keller
129. “A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” – Charles Darwin
130. “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
131. “Progress is man’s ability to complicate simplicity.” – Thor Heyerdahl
132. “I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it’s proactive and there is positive intent behind it.” – Michael J. Fox
133. “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!” – Audrey Hepburn
134. “But investment in space stimulates society, it stimulates it economically, it stimulates it intellectually, and it gives us all passion.” – Bill Nye
135. “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
136. “Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.” – Charlie Chaplin
137. “No matter what you’re going through, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you’ll find the positive side of things.” – Demi Lovato
138. “Infrastructure investment in science is an investment in jobs, in health, in economic growth and environmental solutions.” – Oren Etzioni
139. “Educating our children and giving them the skills they need to compete in a global economy is a smart investment in our country’s future.” – Sheldon Whitehouse
140. “Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.” – Sun Tzu
141. “If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
142. “Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.” – Franz Liszt
143. “The sofa is a really important investment for anybody, and I don’t mean financially. You need to find a really great sofa that can transition with you, and you can build from there.” – Jeremiah Brent
144. “There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.” – Orison Swett Marden
145. “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
146. “There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.” – Louis XIV
147. “In tennis, you strike a ball just after the rebound for the fastest return. It’s the same with investment.” – Masayoshi Son
148. “A camel makes an elephant feel like a jet plane.” – Jackie Kennedy
149. “The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don’t really even notice it, so it’s part of everyday life.” – Bill Gates
150. “Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.” – Confucius, Chinese 
151. “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” – Edward Everett Hale
152. “Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.”– Albert Einstein
153. “Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.” – Ed Markey
154. “The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.” – Samuel Johnson
155. “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
156. “A successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population, increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure, and the generation of additional surplus, which is invested in generating new discoveries in science and technology.” – Robert Trout
157. “The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
158. “Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.” – Elie Wiesel
159. “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
160. “Success isn’t measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.” – Mike Ditka
161. “No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.” – Jessica Savitch 
162. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”– Arthur Ashe
163. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
164. “The amount of work and the amount of both physical and emotional investment it takes to get to the top.” – Drew Bledsoe