Price does matter. You increase your profit potential immensely if you buy low. If I buy at 32 and the stock goes to 75, I make a good profit. But if I buy at 20 and it goes to 75, I make a much higher return. Even a great company can be priced too high if there’s a lot of glamour attached to it. In that sense, temporary bad news about a good company may create a buying opportunity. It’s my job to find unusual companies and then judge whether the price they’re selling at is too high. — Philip Fisher (source)

The common thread that runs through all equity bull markets is confident expectations of higher earnings ahead. The common thread that ties the onset of all bear markets together is the loss of those confident expectations of higher earnings ahead. History shows that bull markets can go well beyond rational valuation levels as long as the outlook for future earnings is positive. — Peter Bernstein (source)

Warren and I have skills that could easily be taught to other people. One skill is knowing the edge of your own competency. It’s not a competency if you don’t know the edge of it. And Warren and I are better at tuning out the standard stupidities. We’ve left a lot of more talented and diligent people in the dust, just by working hard at eliminating standard error. — Charlie Munger (source)