Quotes by Walter Schloss - Page 2

The market is a very emotional place that appeals to fear and greed.
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Emotional
Greed
Investing
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Sell is tough. It's the worst, it's the most difficult thing of all.
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Investing
Tough
Worst
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We get a feeling, if we can, about what we think the company is worth.
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Feelings
Investing
Thinking
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Ben was a very simple straightforward man with a brilliant quick mind.
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Men
Mind
Simple
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I found that it was much better to look at the figures rather than people.
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Investing
Looks
People
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All the publicity about value investing - it's become a very popular thing.
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Investing
Publicity
Very Popular
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I helped Ben with the third edition of Security Analysis, published in 1951.
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Analysis
Investing
Thirds
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By setting up Berkshire Hathaway, Warren has done everything very rationally.
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Done
Investing
Settings
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Ben didn't want to lose money. He had had a rough time during the depression.
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Investing
Rough Times
Want
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Be aware of the level of the stock market. Are yields low and PE ratios high?
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Investing
Levels
Yield
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Ben's emphasis was on protecting his expectation of profit with minimum risk.
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Expectations
Investing
Risk
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Most look at earnings and earnings potential, well I can't get into that game.
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Games
Investing
Looks
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Warren is a very good judge of people and he's a very good judge of businesses.
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Investing
Judging
People
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Don't be afraid to be a loner but be sure that you are correct in your judgement.
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Investing
Judgement
Loner
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We may buy a little bit of a stock, to get our feet wet and get a feeling for it.
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Feelings
Feet
Investing
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My first job at Graham-Newman was to prepare the annual report for that 10th year.
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Jobs
Firsts
Years
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Stockbrokers aren't too interested in a stock you can sit there for five years with.
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Investing
Stockbrokers
Years
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Use book value as a starting point to try and establish the value of the enterprise.
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Book
Trying
Use
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I agree with Warren to keep it simple and not use higher mathematics in your analysis.
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Analysis
Simple
Use
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You have to be a little aware of the emotions of the people who have invested with you.
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Investing
Littles
People
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If there are not too many value stocks that I can find, the market isn't all that cheap.
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I Can
Ifs
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I was in Graham's office the day he bought GEICO. Warren owns one-third of the stock today.
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Investing
Office
Today
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When you buy a depressed company it's not going to go up right after you buy it, believe me.
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Believe
Company
Investing
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Timidity prompted by past failures causes investors to miss the most important bull markets.
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Important
Missing
Past
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I'm a passive investor. There are people who are very aggressive; they try to buy companies.
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Investing
People
Trying
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Ben was really a contrarian but he didn't use those terms because he was really buying value.
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Buying
Investing
Use
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Each year we buy stocks and they go up, we sell them and then we try to buy something cheaper.
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Investing
Trying
Years
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Remember that a share of stock represents a part of a business and is not just a piece of paper.
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Investing
Paper
Pieces
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If the market is so cheap, you want to get something with a little more zip in it, or potential.
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Investing
Littles
Want
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Ben was a great believer in buying a diversified group of securities, so that he limited his risk.
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Groups
Investing
Risk
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Fear and greed are probably the worst emotions to have in connection with the purchase and sale of stocks.
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Connections
Greed
Investing
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Basically, we try to buy value expressed in the differential between its price and what we think its worth.
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Investing
Thinking
Trying
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Make sure you have the courage to stay true to your convictions and not let the market affect your emotions.
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Emotion
Investing
Stay True
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Before selling, try to re-evaluate the company again and see where the stock sells in realtion to its book value.
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Book
Investing
Trying
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A lot of companies have lots of assets tied up in plant and equipment. Well, is it old plant, or is it new plant?
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Assets
Investing
Plant
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We like to buy stocks which we feel are undervalued and then we have to have the guts to buy more when they go down.
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Feels
Guts
Investing
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We basically followed the idea of buying comapnies selling below working-capital - at two thirds of working-capital.
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Ideas
Investing
Two
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When it comes to investing, my suggestion is to first understand your strengths and weaknesses, and then devise a simple strategy so that you can sleep at night!
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Night
Simple
Sleep
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If you are honest, hardworking, reasonably intelligent and have good common sense, you can do well in the investment field as long as you are not too greedy and don't get too emotional when things go against you.
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Emotional
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Long
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