James O'Shaughnessy quotes

If you look back to the most spectacular blow ups in history, you can always tie them to a couple things: They were extraordinary complicated strategies that maybe even the practitioners themselves didn't understand, and they were overleveraged. (James O'Shaughnessy)
Fear, greed and hope have destroyed more portfolio value than any recession or depression we have ever been through. View quote
James O'Shaughnessy
If you are an investor who's retired and hopes to live off the income that your portfolio is generating, then we would focus just on the dividend yield. View quote
James O'Shaughnessy
It seems that the one thing that doesn't change is people's reaction to short-term conditions and their axiomatic ability to perpetuate them far into the future. View quote
James O'Shaughnessy
By relying on the statistical information rather than a gut feeling, you allow the data to lead you to be in the right place at the right time. To remain as emotionally free from the hurly burley of the here and now is one of the only ways to succeed. View quote
James O'Shaughnessy

James O'Shaughnessy

Occupation: American Businessman
Quotes count: 5