Every time we make an investment decision at FedEx, we ask ourselves: 'What is the return on this investment?'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We're only going to invest our shareholders' money where we think they can get the kind of returns they expected when they invested their money with Exxon Mobil.
In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.
I invested. I wanted to cushion the future. I'm a financial success!
Investors have to ask themselves two questions. How much can we grow our investments? And, can we afford our mistakes?
My best investment is my imagination, because it has never failed to bring me my greatest returns!
One hundred percent of our earnings are reinvested in the company, and a great deal of that goes to research.
Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
I expect my return to be 18 to 25 percent in 1988, while the Standard & Poor's 500 should rise 8 to 12 percent and OTC stocks gain 15 percent as liquidity emerges.
If we take care of the business and keep our eye on the goal line, the stock price will take care of itself.
If the response you finally receive from me is 'thanks but no thanks', then please accept at face value that I would really not be the right investor for you. You've got to trust me on this, and in this case take 'no' for an answer.