“Which is worse, buying at the top or selling at the bottom? For me the answer is easy: the latter. If you buy at what turns out to have been a market top, you’ll suffer a downward fluctuation. But that isn’t cause for concern if the long-term thesis remains intact. And anyway, the enxt top is usually higher than the last top, meaning you’re likely to be ahead eventually. But if you sell at a market bottom, you render the downward fluctuation permanent, and, even more importantly, you get off the escalator of a rising economy and rising markets that has made so many long-term investors rich. This is why I describe selling at the bottom as the cardinal sin in investing.” – Howard Marks
“Let every man divide his money into three parts, and invest a third in land, a third in business, and a third let him keep by him in reserve.” – Ancient Talmud
“Throughout all my years of investing, I’ve found that the big money was never made in the buying or selling, the big money was made in the waiting.” -Jessie Livermore
“Know when to sell. Ideally, the time to sell is…almost never. But there’re 3 instances where we might need to sell: 1) our analysis is wrong 2) prospects of business have deteriorated 3) There’s a better opportunity” – Thomas Chua (Twiiter post)
“A very important principle in investing is you don’t have to make it back the way you lost it. And in fact, it’s usually a mistake to try and make it back the way that you lost it.” – Warren Buffett
