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Diversification is a surrogate - and a damn poor surrogate - for knowledge, elements of control, and priceconsciousness.

Martin J. Whitman

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Martin J. Whitman
Age: 93 †
Born: 1924
Born: September 30
Died: 2018
Died: April 16
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Diversification
Investing
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Knowledge
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Surrogates

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