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Maybe we should teach schoolchildren probability theory and investment risk management. -- Andrew Lo
A good starting point [in the measurement of investment risk] is the preservation and enhancement of your purchasing power in real terms. -- David Dreman
Real investment risk is measured not by the percent that a stock may decline in price in relation to the general market in a given period, but by the danger of a loss of quality and earnings power through economic changes or deterioration in management. -- Benjamin Graham
Uncertainty is seen to retard investment independently of considerations of risk or expected return. -- Ben Bernanke
Any investment bought via credit always runs the risk of margin calls and, eventually, liquidation. -- Barry Ritholtz
It's important to understand how people perceive risk, and how that translates into investment behavior. -- Andrew Lo
There's a tendency to look at investments in isolation. Investors focus on the risk of individual securities. -- Daniel Kahneman
Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it's akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time. -- Josh Radnor
There is always risk involved. You can't be a capitalist only when there are investment profits but then a socialist when you experience losses. -- Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
I have no complaints about losing money I put in high-risk investments. I did some of that when I had real money; my informed choice, my measured gamble. -- Elayne Boosler
Every time in this century we've lowered the tax rates across the board, on employment, on saving, investment and risk-taking in this economy, revenues went up, not down. -- Jack Kemp
I have been rich, and I have been broke. Some of it is my fault for choosing bad management and making bad investments. But that is life - we all take risks. -- Ronnie Wood
Because of my own experience with market fluctuation, I recognize the great risks one takes on investments. This converts the Social Security safety net into a risky proposition many cannot afford to take. -- Grace Napolitano
Investment is crucial. Because the truth is, you only get jobs and growth in the economy when people invest money, at their own risk, in setting up a business or expanding an existing business. -- John Key
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
Our goal is not to produce immediate results. We've been tasked with producing long-term results. That means that there's more risk in any individual thing we take on. But we still aspire to a strong return on investment. -- Astro Teller
My view is that one should diversify broadly across different fund investments. However, it's tough for investors to try to pick the appropriate risk level that they should manage their funds at. Having a personal adviser would be helpful. -- Myron Scholes
The biggest profit center for investment banks is the hefty fees they charge for underwriting stock offerings and giving financial advice, and analysts put those profits at risk if they publish negative conclusions about the companies that pay the fees. -- Alex Berenson
Yes, prudently invested contributions to the Social Security fund may bring greater dividends, but those contributions would also face a greater risk. It would be like gambling. We should not gamble with the investments and the future of the citizens of this land. -- Daniel Inouye
Urban America has been redlined. Government has not offered tax incentives for investment, as it has in a dozen foreign markets. Banks have redlined it. Industries have moved out, they've redlined it. Clearly, to break up the redlining process, there must be incentives to green-line with hedges against risk. -- Jesse Jackson
For all your long-term investments, such as retirement accounts that you won't touch for at least ten years, you need a mix of stocks and bonds. Stocks offer the best shot at inflation-beating gains. But stocks don't always go up. That's where bonds come into play: They have less upside potential, but they also do not pack the same risk. -- Suze Orman
I think Barack Obama is a socialist. I think he cares for his country - don't get me wrong about that - but I think he truly misunderstands what this country was based upon, the values that America was based upon, which was free enterprise and having the ability to risk your capital and having a chance to have a return on your investment. -- Rick Perry
The best investment with the least risk and the greatest dividend is giving. -- John Templeton
When you say ROI, do you mean return on investment or risk of inaction. -- Paul Gillin
Investment decision should be made on the basis of the most probable compounding of after-tax net worth with minimum risk. -- Warren Buffett
There is always risk involved. You can't be a capitalist only when there are investment profits but then a socialist when you experience losses. -- Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
We are not so brazen as to believe that we can perfectly calibrate valuation; determining risk and return for any investment remains an art not an exact science -- Seth Klarman
From a strictly economic point of view, buying gold in a major inflation and holding it probably presents the least risk of capital loss of any investment or speculation. -- Henry Hazlitt
I think investment psychology is by far the more important element, followed by risk control, with the least important consideration being the question of where you buy and sell. -- Tom Basso

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