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I agree with Warren to keep it simple and not use higher mathematics in your analysis.

Walter Schloss

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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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Ben was a very simple straightforward man with a brilliant quick mind.
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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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Our average holding period is four years.
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Have patience. Stocks don't go up immediately.
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Ben didn't want to lose money. He had had a rough time during the depression.
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I helped Ben with the third edition of Security Analysis, published in 1951.
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By setting up Berkshire Hathaway, Warren has done everything very rationally.
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