Will Rogers: If It Don't Go Up...

Will Rogers owned extensive real estate, was Hollywood's highest-paid actor, and enjoyed success across print and radio. He was a wealthy man for his time, with an estimated net worth of $5 million at his death, in 1935 during the Great Depression.

Rogers nonsensical aphorisms usually contained brilliant insights. This quote teaches us that investment advice is easy to give, but investing itself is a good deal harder.

Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.
– Will Rogers

A good place to start enjoying Rogers is The Words & Wisdom of Will Rogers: Letters, Speeches and Quotes.

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