1900 – 1945 CE
The age of legendary speculators, market crashes, and the birth of regulation.
"It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sittin..."
The market does not beat them. They beat themselves.
— Jesse Livermore
"The market does not beat them. They beat themselves."
The real motive behind most transactions on the stock exchange is not investment but speculation.
— Richard Wyckoff
"The real motive behind most transactions on the stock exchange is not investment..."
When time is up, the trend changes.
— W.D. Gann
"When time is up, the trend changes."
"Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures."
In the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the …
— Benjamin Graham
"In the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run, it is a we..."
A loss never bothers me after I take it. I forget it overnig…
"A loss never bothers me after I take it. I forget it overnight."
Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, have been the consequence of actio…
— Bernard Baruch
"Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, have been the ..."
To know values is to know the meaning of the market.
— Charles Dow
"To know values is to know the meaning of the market."
Play the market only when all factors are in your favor.
"Play the market only when all factors are in your favor."
Buy not on optimism, but on arithmetic.
"Buy not on optimism, but on arithmetic."
Wall Street has its seasons just like the calendar year. Study them and profit.
"Wall Street has its seasons just like the calendar year. Study them and profit."
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