The stock does not know you own it

An image search of the title of this post will tell you Warren Buffett said it, just like most profound things on investing and life. Except, he did not.

The stock does not know you own it, is, in fact, from the book: The Money Game by George Goodman, written under the illustrious pen name of Adam Smith.

This single line ‘The stock does not know you own it,” if internalised, is one of the most potent investing concepts