Peter Lynch

Charts are great for predicting the past.

Peter Lynch

Equity mutual funds are the perfect solution for people who want to own stocks without doing their own research.

Peter Lynch

Gentlemen who prefer bonds don’t know what they’re missing.

Peter Lynch

Hold no more stocks than you can remain informed on.

Peter Lynch

I deal in facts, not forecasting the future. That’s crystal ball stuff. That doesn’t work.

Peter Lynch

I don’t go near the money and the money doesn’t go near me.

Peter Lynch

I spend about fifteen minutes a year on economic analysis.

Peter Lynch

I think you have to learn that there’s a company behind every stock, and that there’s only one real reason why stocks go up. Companies go from doing poorly to doing well or small companies grow to large companies.

Peter Lynch

I’ve always been a great lover of baseball.

Peter Lynch

I’ve always said, the key organ here isn’t the brain, it’s the stomach. When things start to decline – there are bad headlines in the papers and on television – will you have the stomach for the market volatility and the broad-based pessimism that tends to come with it?

Peter Lynch