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I helped Ben with the third edition of Security Analysis, published in 1951.

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Walter Schloss
Age: 95 †
Born: 1916
Born: August 28
Died: 2012
Died: February 19
Businessperson
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New York City
New York
Walter Jerome Schloss
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Security
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Ben didn't want to lose money. He had had a rough time during the depression.
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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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Timidity prompted by past failures causes investors to miss the most important bull markets.
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If the stock goes down we want to buy more.
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You never really know a stock until you own it.
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Our average holding period is four years.
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By setting up Berkshire Hathaway, Warren has done everything very rationally.
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All the publicity about value investing - it's become a very popular thing.
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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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Be sure that debt does not exceed 100% of the equity.
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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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When I buy a stock, I have kind of an idea where I want to sell it.
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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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I agree with Warren to keep it simple and not use higher mathematics in your analysis.
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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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You never get the high and you never get the low.
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I tried to follow Ben Graham's ideas.
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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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I liked the results of the profits in the markets.
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