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Value investing by its very nature is contrarian.
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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Gold is unique because it has the age-old aspect of being viewed as a store of value. Nevertheless, it’s still a commodity and has no tangible value, and so I would say that gold is a speculation. But because of my fear about the potential debasing of paper money and about paper money not being a store of value, I want some exposure to gold.
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While some might mistakenly consider value investing a mechanical tool for identifying bargains, it is actually a comprehensive investment philosophy that emphasizes the need to perform in-depth fundamental analysis, pursue long-term investment results, limit risk, and resist crowd psychology.
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There are no long-term lessons - ever.
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Individual and institutional investors alike frequently demonstrate an inability to make long-term investment decisions based on business fundamentals.
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There is no amount of bad news that the markets cannot see past.
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Why should the immediate opportunity set be the only one considered, when tomorrow's may well be considerably more fertile than today's?
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Be indifferent if you lose your short term clients, remember they are your own worst enemy
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The inability to hold cash and the pressure to be fully invested at all times meant that when the plug was pulled out of the tub, all boats dropped as the water rushed down the drain.
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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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Having great clients is the key to investment success.
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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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Having clients with a long-term orientation is crucial. Nothing else is as important to the success of an investment firm.
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When a Wall Street analyst or broker expresses optimism, investors must take it with a grain of salt.
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We are big fans of fear, and in investing it is clearly better to be scared than sorry.
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Ratings agencies are highly conflicted, unimaginative dupes. They are blissfully unaware of adverse selection and moral hazard. Investors should never trust them.
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One of the biggest challenges in investing is that the opportunity set available today is not the complete opportunity set that should be considered. Limiting your opportunity set to the one immediately at hand would be like limiting your spouse to the students you met in high school
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If you've just stared into the abyss, quickly forget it: the lessons of history can only hold you back.
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To a value investor, investments come in three varieties: undervalued at one price, fairly valued at another price, and overvalued at still some higher price. The goal is to buy the first, avoid the second, and sell the third.
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The stock market is the story of cycles and of the human behavior that is responsible for overreactions in both directions.
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Because investors are not usually penalized for adhering to conventional practices, doing so is the less professionally risky strategy, even though it virtually guarantees against superior performance.
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