The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Investment aims to protect against uncertainty and ignorance about the future.
- In plain terms
- We invest to fight the unknown forces that threaten our future.
- What can you take from it?
- Investment is about managing risk and uncertainty.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What are we really investing against?
- How much uncertainty can we manage?
Another view
Investment cannot fully eliminate future risks.
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