Billionaire investor Carl Icahn warns a market crisis is brewing, says bitcoin may be an inflation hedge, and reflects on his Apple and Netflix bets in a new interview. Here are the 7 best quotes.

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn warns a market crisis is brewing, says bitcoin may be an inflation hedge, and reflects on his Apple and Netflix bets in a new interview. Here are the 7 best quotes.

Carl Icahn trumpeted activist investing, sounded the alarm on federal spending, and explained why he doesn't own bitcoin in a this week. The billionaire boss of also advised against making market predictions, warned of a looming inflationary crisis, and reacted to that he left more than $40 billion on the table by selling Apple and Netflix stock. 1. "I've made it almost the cardinal rule to not try to predict the market over the short or medium term, and it's served me well. I made the mistake of straying from that rule in 2020, and paid the price for it." 2. "In the long run, the market is certainly going to hit the wall. I really think there will be a crisis the way we're going, the way we're printing money, the way we're going into inflation." 3. "Inflation is taking hold in a bad way. We need more productivity in this country, and the only way we're gonna get productivity is to get the right guys to run these companies. Their crown jewels should be burnished. They should be spun off and taken out." - 4. "We've got a lot of smart guys working at Icahn & Company, and