David Einhorn Quotes

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David Einhorn

Profession : Businessman

Birth : November 20, 1968

We never invent new reasons to continue with a position when the original reasons are no longer available.

David Einhorn

We believe in constructing the portfolio so that we put our biggest amount of money in our highest-conviction idea, and then we view the other ideas relative to that.

David Einhorn

We try not to have many investing 'rules,' but there is one that has served us well: If we decide we were wrong about something, in terms of why we did it, we exit, period.

David Einhorn

Most of the time, when someone tells you something, and it makes sense, it just makes sense. And that's that. But sometimes it really doesn't make sense.

David Einhorn

The investing world is a little bit more multidimensional than poker.

David Einhorn

With poker, you have a resolution of the hand within a couple of minutes. Whereas, even if the thought process in investing is very much the same, you're looking at an outcome that could be 2, 3, 4, 5 years from when you make the original decision. And the mindset related to that is very different.

David Einhorn