34 Best Bill H. Gross Quotes on Success (MONEY)

In the dynamic and often unpredictable realm of bond investing, few names command as much respect and admiration as Bill H. Gross. Known as the “Bond King” and the founder of PIMCO, one of the world’s largest mutual funds, Gross has shaped the landscape of fixed-income investing like no other.

These quotes are not just investment strategies; they are life lessons from a man who has navigated the volatile seas of the bond market with unmatched skill and insight. They offer perspectives on resilience, the complexity of financial markets, and the innovative thinking that forms Gross’s unique philosophy of success.

Whether you’re an aspiring investor, a finance professional, or simply someone captivated by the intricacies of the financial world, these quotes will challenge your thinking, expand your understanding, and inspire you to strive for excellence.

Top 8 Most Famous Bill H. Gross (Bond King) Quotes on Investing & Success

The market can move for irrational reasons, and you have to be prepared for that... — The market can move for irrational reasons, and you have to be prepared for that…

You need to make big bets when the odds are in your favor -- not big enough to ruin you, but big enough to make a difference. — You need to make big bets when the odds are in your favor — not big enough to ruin you, but big enough to make a difference.

Both from the standpoint of stocks and bonds, an investor wants to go where the growth is. — Both from the standpoint of stocks and bonds, an investor wants to go where the **growth** is.

Finding the best person or the best organization to invest your money is one of the most important financial decisions you'll ever make. — Finding the best person or the best organization to invest your **money** is one of the most important financial decisions you’ll ever make.

Human nature means that institutions at some point lose their sense of mission. That sense of vulnerability drives Pimco. — Human **nature** means that institutions at some point lose their sense of mission. That sense of **vulnerability** drives **Pimco**.

My early blackjack career taught me several things. The first is that if you apply yourself with a lot of hard work and mathematical prowess you can beat the system. — My early blackjack **career** taught me several things. The first is that if you apply yourself with a lot of hard work and mathematical prowess you can beat the system.

Bond investors are the vampires of the investment world. They love decay, recession - anything that leads to low inflation and the protection of the real value of their loans. — Bond investors are the vampires of the investment world. They love decay, **recession** – anything that leads to low **inflation** and the protection of the real value of their loans.

Do you really like a particular stock Put 10% or so of your portfolio on it. Make the idea count … Good [investment] ideas should not be diversified away into meaningless oblivion. — Do you really like a particular stock? Put 10% or so of your portfolio on it. Make the idea count … Good [investment] ideas should not be diversified away into meaningless oblivion.

26 Inspirational Bill H. Gross Quotes to Inspire Success in Life and Investing

I am obsessed with delivering value to investors and winning the game from a personal standpoint.

My clients don’t pay me to feel sorry; they pay me to bring them money. I am tough, but I have a soft side.

Do you know those adages about smelling the roses and chasing butterflies The markets are my butterflies and my roses. — Do you know those adages about smelling the roses and chasing butterflies? The markets are my butterflies and my roses.

Stocks historically return more than almost all other alternative investments, but only when priced right when the race begins.

Bonds despite their ridiculous yields will not easily be threatened with a new bear market.

With all this consumer debt, business debt, government debt, smaller movements in interest rates have a magnified effect. A small movement can tip the boat.

When the tide goes out, you get to see who's swimming naked. PIMCO has had its bathing suit on for a long time — When the tide goes out, you get to see who’s **swimming** naked. PIMCO has had its bathing suit on for a long time

“When you’re underperforming the index, you go home at night and cry in your beer. It’s not fun, but who said this business should be fun. We’re too well paid to hang our heads and say boo-hoo”
Bill H. Gross

Whenever I read the newspaper, I say to myself, 'At least my wife loves me.' — Whenever I read the newspaper, I say to myself, ‘At least my wife loves me.’

I would admit I'm an introvert. I don't know why introverts have to apologize. — I would admit I’m an **introvert**. I don’t know why introverts have to apologize.

It seems, perhaps, that the longer and longer you keep at it in this business, the more and more time you have to expose your Achilles heel. — It seems, perhaps, that the longer and longer you keep at it in this business, the more and more **time** you have to expose your Achilles heel.

I have a 41-year track record of investing excellence… what do you have?

People have different impressions of themselves, and where reality lies is somewhere in between.

“When does money run out of time? The countdown begins when investable assets pose too much risk for too little return; when lenders desert credit markets for other alternatives such as cash or real assets.”
Bill H. Gross

It's sort of like a teeter-totter; when interest rates go down, prices go up. — It’s sort of like a teeter-totter; when interest rates go down, prices go up.

We are witnessing the death of abundance and the boring of austerity, for what may be a long, long time. — We are witnessing the death of abundance and the boring of austerity, for what may be a long, long **time**.

If companies don't know that they can run out of money, they won't be thinking of ways not to run out of money. — If companies don’t know that they can run out of money, they won’t be thinking of ways not to run out of **money**.

Slow growth and inflation have a tendency to accompany large deficits and increasing debt as a percentage of GDP. — Slow **growth** and inflation have a tendency to accompany large deficits and increasing debt as a percentage of GDP.

I'm an Asperger, and Aspergers can compartmentalize. They can operate in different universes without the other universes affecting them as much. — I’m an Asperger, and Aspergers can compartmentalize. They can operate in different universes without the other universes affecting them as much.

“Ex-Fidelity mutual fund manager Peter Lynch was certainly brilliant in one respect: he knew to get out when the gettin’ was good.”
Bill H. Gross

Companies typically borrow money at less than their return on equity and therefore compound their return at the expense of lenders.

Dollar depreciation leads to higher inflation and ultimately forces foreign creditors to question their rationale and indeed their sanity for continuing purchases of U.S. Treasuries.

If you can make hydrogen that's green, that's a gamechanger, long term, we want to be the green hydrogen company. — If you can make hydrogen that’s green, that’s a gamechanger, long term, we want to be the green hydrogen company.

We're in a race. We just want to scale as fast as possible. — We’re in a race. We just want to scale as fast as possible.

The only way to compete is to be extremely clever in how you use your materials. And by using software, we're able to do that. — The only way to compete is to be extremely clever in how you use your materials. And by using software, we’re able to do that.

Pay per click was just the beginning. The real evolution is pay per action. — Pay per click was just the beginning. The real evolution is pay per **action**.

Bill Gross Short Biography

Born on 13 April 1944 in Middletown, Ohio, the U.S., William Hunt Gross (commonly known as Bill H. Gross aka the Bond King) is a legendary American Bond investor and a self-made billionaire who co-founded the biggest global fixed income investment company, Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) back in 1971.

Through PIMCO, Bill Gross became known as a superstar bond fund manager. Nicknamed the Bond King.

Later in his career, Gross experienced turbulent times before finally retiring in 2019:

In September 2014, Gross uprooted and left PIMCO to manage Janus Capital Group’s smaller fund (now Janus Henderson).
In 2015, Bill Gross sued PIMCO for wrongful dismissal. The case was settled for $81 million in 2017, which went to the Sue and Bill Gross Foundation.
In 2016, Sue, Gross’s wife of 31 years, filed for divorce, and walked away with over $1 billion.

Further reading:

Where Bill Gross’ Big Bet Went Wrong, And What It Teaches Us – Forbes
The War of The Grosses: Inside the Bitter Divorce Battle of the Laguna Beach “Bond King” – Town & Country
Bill Gross, once Wall Street’s ‘Bond King,’ retires after rocky second act – Reuters
‘Bond king’ Bill Gross never lost his investing crown – Market Watch

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