People often panic when the markets go down and sell off their stocks - but then they aren't in the game when the markets are doing well.
If I'm a commodity, it wouldn't be a wise idea to buy stock in me - although, in the long run, maybe I'm a slow growth investment.
Many follow a rule of thumb - no more than 5% in one stock. But that's not the entrepreneurial road to riches.
You can't ask your pharmacist to stock larger quantities of potassium nitrate because you want to make a bigger rocket.
My only foray into anything stock-market-related was in my eighth grade social studies class. I have steered clear ever since.
Taking stock of what you own, when done correctly and thoroughly, helps dampen the urge to shop frivolously.
If you worry about financial Armageddon, it is indeed metaphorically the time to stock your bunker with guns, ammunition, canned food and gold bars.
I'm from a very politically and socially conscious family. My mother always made a point of making us look at what was going on around us and take stock of our part in it.
I come from pioneer stock, developers of the West, people who went out into the wilderness and set up home with nothing but a pair of oxen.
People's jobs are the biggest asset that they have. The net present value of your job is worth more than your house or your stock portfolio. As people decide whether they're going to buy a car, they're more concerned about whether they have a job and...
Sitcoms are like summer stock. You put it up in three days, and then you do it in front of an audience, so it's a really great transition from theatre into camera work.
Lower interest rates are usually considered good for stocks because they lower the cost of borrowing and make bonds a less attractive alternative investment.
We've got fuel prices coming down and good travel numbers coming out, so it's not surprising airline stocks are going up.
Some people, through luck and skill, end up with a lot of assets. If you're good at kicking a ball, writing software, investing in stocks, it pays extremely well.
Early on, it's good to develop the ability to write. Learning to write is a useful exercise, even if what you're writing about is not that relevant.
Warren Buffett is famous for talking about the 'intrinsic value' of stocks. But while many people parrot this phrase, few know what it really means.
Stock prices relative to company assets are no better at signaling the likelihood of future earnings growth than they were the day the Titanic sank, and risk management is a good deal worse.
I have never owned a share of stock in my life, and the only time I've double dipped into anything is at the snack tray.
No existing form of anthropoid ape is even remotely related to the stock which has given rise to man.
Please sell $10,000 worth of stock — we have decided to lead a mad and extravagant life.
It was a fine cast and lots of fun to make, but they did the damn thing on the cheap. The backdrops had holes in them, and it was shot on the worst film stock.
