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By setting up Berkshire Hathaway, Warren has done everything very rationally.

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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 may buy a little bit of a stock, to get our feet wet and get a feeling for it.
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Try not to let your emotions affect your judgement.
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You know, people tend to like to buy companies that are doing well.
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I found that it was much better to look at the figures rather than people.
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I agree with Warren to keep it simple and not use higher mathematics in your analysis.
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If you are honest, hardworking, reasonably intelligent and have good common sense, you can do well in the investment field as long as you are not too greedy and don't get too emotional when things go against you.
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I helped Ben with the third edition of Security Analysis, published in 1951.
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Each year we buy stocks and they go up, we sell them and then we try to buy something cheaper.
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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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This is a business. Like any other business.
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You never get the high and you never get the low.
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Try to look for weaknesses in your thinking.
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