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I have learned that nothing is certain except for the need to have strong risk management, a lot of cash, the willingness to invest even when the future is unclear, and great people.

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

It's important to understand how people perceive risk, and how that translates into investment behavior.

— Andrew Lo

It is important for investors to understand what they do and don't know. Learn to recognize that you cannot possibly know what is going to happen in the future, and any investment plan that is dependent on accurately forecasting where markets will be next year is doomed to failure.

— Barry Ritholtz

What I invest in, while not risky for me, may be too risky for most people.

— Robert Kiyosaki

Investors should invest on what they know. The biggest mistake is to invest on what they don't know.

— Mohamed El-Erian

The reality is, risk is variable. Those in the financial world know it.

— Jason Fried

Investing is about making probabilistic decisions with limited information about an unknowable future. The variables are well known, as are the possible outcomes.

— Barry Ritholtz

I'm generally risk averse, and most great entrepreneurs I know are as well.

— Jason Fried

One misconception is that entrepreneurs love risk. Actually, we all want things to go as we expect. What you need is a blind optimism and a tolerance for uncertainty.

— Drew Houston

I just like to keep my money in the bank; I'm not a big risk-taker. I don't know anything about the stock market... I stay away from things I don't know anything about.

— Wayne Gretzky

✗Opposing Perspectives

I believe in the future, and to be a good investor, you have to believe in the future.

— Sam Altman