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WILLIAM BERNSTEIN

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The most important attribute of a successful investor is behavior, not intelligence.

behavioral-financeinvestingInterview, various, 2012

The investment industry exists for one reason only: to transfer wealth from clients to itself. That's not cynicism — that's arithmetic.

feesfinancial-industryThe Four Pillars of Investing, 2002

There are two kinds of investors, be they large or small: those who don't know where the market is headed, and those who don't know that they don't know.

humilityinvestingThe Intelligent Asset Allocator, 2000

Once you've won the game, stop playing.

financial-philosophyretirementThe Investor's Manifesto, 2009

Diversification is the only free lunch in investing. Everything else has a cost.

asset-allocationdiversificationVarious interviews and writings, 2010