Whitney Tilson

“My experience is that very few people have what it takes to be a successful investor, as I discussed in The Arrogance of Stock Picking.”

“Pence is far too conservative for me, but by all accounts, he's an intelligent, experienced, decent man with no skeletons in his closet.”

“I believe our schools will actually get better if layoffs are done carefully, such that only the very worst teachers are let go.”

“Even the greatest companies encounter problems or otherwise fall out of favour.”

“Small-company stocks, like any asset class, can get picked over from time to time, but there are fundamental reasons why diligently mining them with an eye for unrecognised value can get market-beating returns.”