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My job was to find stocks that were undervalued.

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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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Managements, you know, often think of themselves.
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I was in Graham's office the day he bought GEICO. Warren owns one-third of the stock today.
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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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Be aware of the level of the stock market. Are yields low and PE ratios high?
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I'm not very good on timing. In fact, I've stayed away from it.
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Stockbrokers aren't too interested in a stock you can sit there for five years with.
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Have a philosophy of investment and try to follow it.
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If the stock goes down we want to buy more.
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I don't have a ticker-tape machine in my office.
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I agree with Warren to keep it simple and not use higher mathematics in your analysis.
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Sell is tough. It's the worst, it's the most difficult thing of all.
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You have to invest the way that's comfortable for you.
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One of the tricks of this business is, keep your losses down.
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Buy stocks where the outlook is not good.
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Try to look for weaknesses in your thinking.
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I found that it was much better to look at the figures rather than people.
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A lot of companies have lots of assets tied up in plant and equipment. Well, is it old plant, or is it new plant?
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We get a feeling, if we can, about what we think the company is worth.
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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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Fear and greed tend to affect one's judgement.
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