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I know of no long-time practitioner who regrets adhering to a value philosophy few investors who embrace the fundamental principles ever abandon this investment approach for another
Seth Klarman
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Seth Klarman
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 21
New York City
New York
Seth Andrew Klarman
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In a crisis, stocks of financial companies are great investments, because the tide is bound to turn. Massive losses on bad loans and soured investments are irrelevant to value improving trends and future prospects are what matter, regardless of whether profits will have to be used to cover loan losses and equity shortfalls for years to come.
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A tipping point is invisible, as we just saw in Greece. In most situations, everything appears fine until it's not fine, until, for example, no one shows up at a Treasury auction.
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Excess capacity in people, machines, or property will be quickly absorbed.
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At equal returns, public investments are generally superior to private investments not only because they are more liquid but also because amidst distress, public markets are more likely than private ones to offer attractive opportunities to average down.
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As Buffett has often observed, value investing is not a concept that can be learned and gradually applied over time. It is either absorbed and adopted at once, or it is never truly learned.
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While it might seem that anyone can be a value investor, the essential characteristics of this type of investor-patience, discipline, and risk aversion-may well be genetically determined.
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Investing is the intersection of economics and psychology.
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Typically, we make money when we buy things. We count the profits later, but we know we have captured them when we buy the bargain.
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The cost of performing well in bad times can be relative underperformance in good times.
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Hold cash when opportunities are not presenting themselves.
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It is crucial in a sound investment process to search a mile wide than a mile deep with they find something - also.. never stop digging for information.
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Patience and discipline can make you look foolishly out of touch until they make you look prudent and even prescient
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It's awful to have a depression, but it's a great thing to have a depression mentality because it means that we are not speculating, we are not living beyond our means, we don't quit our job to take a big risk because we know we might not get another job. There is something stable about a country, a society built on those values.
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Complexity - limits competition.
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It turns out that value investing is something that is in your blood. There are people who just don't have the patience and discipline to do it, and there are people who do. So it leads me to think it's genetic.
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Over the long run, the crowd is always wrong.
Seth Klarman
When all feels calm and prices surge, the markets may feel safe but, in fact, they are dangerous because few investors are focusing on risk.
Seth Klarman
My view is that an investor is better off knowing a lot about a few investments than knowing a little about each of a great many holdings. One's very best idea's are likely to generate higher returns for a given level of risk than one's hundredth or thousandth best idea.
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Be focused on process and not outcome
Seth Klarman
Value investing requires a great deal of hard work, unusually strict discipline, and a long-term investment horizon. Few are willing and able to devote sufficient time and effort to become value investors, and only a fraction of those have the proper mind-set to succeed.
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