Friday 2 December 2016

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10 Uplifting Quotes from George Soros

George Soros is a Hungarian-American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, political activist, and author. He is chairman of Soros Fund Management.Here is a list of top 10 Uplifting quotes from George Soros. 

10 Uplifting Quotes from George Soros


“If investing is entertaining, if you’re having fun, you’re probably not making any money. Good investing is boring.”




“I’m only rich because I know when I’m wrong…I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes.”

 “The financial 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.”




“Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux, and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected.”

“The worse a situation becomes, the less it takes to turn it around, and the bigger the upside.”

“Stock market bubbles don’t grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception.”



 “I contend that financial markets never reflect the underlying reality accurately; they always distort it in some way or another and the distortions find expression in market prices.”

“Unfortunately, the more complex the system, the greater the room for error.”

“Making an investment decision is like formulating a scientific hypothesis and submitting it to a practical test. The main difference is that the hypothesis that underlies an investment decision is intended to make money and not to establish a universally valid generalization.”




“We try to catch new trends early and in later stages we try to catch trend reversals. Therefore, we tend to stabilize rather than destabilize the market. We are not doing this as a public service. It is our style of making money.”

"If we carry this line of argument to its logical conclusion, the meaning of life consists of the flaws in one's conceptions and what one does about them. Life can be seen as a fertile fallacy."



"Every bubble consists of a trend that can be observed in the real world and a misconception relating to that trend. The two elements interact with each other in a reflexive manner."




"I am for maximum supervision and minimum regulation."