Edwin Lefèvre: Stock

Edwin Lefèvre was American journalist. Explore interesting quotes on stock.
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“Oh, Mr. Wolff, what do you think of Balzac? "
Josh politely ceased to masticate, swallowed and answered,
" I never trade them Curb stocks!”

Edwin Lefèvre book Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Source: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923), Chapter XXII, p. 265 (See also: New York Curb Exchange)

Thinking

“In fact, of all hoodoos in Wall Street I think the resolve to induce the stock market to act as a fairy godmother is the busiest and most persistent.”

Edwin Lefèvre book Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Source: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923), Chapter XII, p. 149

Thinking

“As I have said a thousand times, no manipulation can put stocks down and keep them down.”

Edwin Lefèvre book Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Source: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923), Chapter XV, p. 186

Time

“When the man who ought to want a stock doesn't want it, why should I want it?”

Edwin Lefèvre book Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Source: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923), Chapter XVII, p. 211

“When it comes to selling stocks, it is plain that nobody can sell unless somebody wants those stocks.
If you operate on a large scale you will have to bear that in mind all the time.”

Edwin Lefèvre book Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Source: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923), Chapter VII, p. 81

Time

“A stock operator has to fight a lot of expensive enemies within himself.”

Edwin Lefèvre book Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Source: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923), Chapter II, p. 14

Fight

“A battle goes on in the stock market and the tape is your telescope. You can depend upon it seven out of ten cases.”

Edwin Lefèvre book Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Source: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923), Chapter I, p. 2

Dependency