8 Market Insights From Gerald Loeb

The market is better at predicting the news than the news is at predicting the market.

You don’t need analysts in a bull market, and you don’t want them in a bear market.

The single most important factor in shaping security markets is public psychology.

Profits can be made safely only when the opportunity is available and not just because they happen to be desired or needed.

Accepting losses is the most important single investment device to insure the safety of capital.

Willingness and ability to hold funds uninvested while awaiting real opportunities is a key to success in the battle for investment survival.

The difference between the investor who year in and year out procures for himself a final net profit, and the one who is usually in the red, is not entirely a question of superior selection of stocks or superior timing. Rather, it is also a case of knowing how to capitalize successes and curtail failures.

To make money in the stock market, you either have to be ahead of the crowd or very sure they are going in the same direction for some time to come.

This was originally shared on IvanHoff Capital