The key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them.

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Peter Lynch
Peter Lynch ran Fidelity's Magellan Fund (1977-1990), averaging 29.2% annual returns and growing assets from $18M to $14B. His invest-in-what-you-know credo and tenbagger concept became mantras for retail investors.
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Peter Lynch's Other Quotes
Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections, or trying to anticipate corrections, than has been lost in corrections themselves.
Know what you own, and know why you own it.
Invest in what you know.
In this business, if you're good, you're right six times out of ten. You're never going to be right nine times out of ten.
Go for a business that any idiot can run - because sooner or later, any idiot probably is going to run it.
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Our time horizon is five years. We are not focused on the next quarter.
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Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.
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Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections, or trying to anticipate corrections, than has been lost in corrections themselves.
-- Peter Lynch
Everyone has the brainpower to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach.
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Being too far ahead of your time is indistinguishable from being wrong.
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Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
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