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I found that it was much better to look at the figures rather than people.

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Walter Schloss
Age: 95 †
Born: 1916
Born: August 28
Died: 2012
Died: February 19
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New York City
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Walter Jerome Schloss
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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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Fear and greed tend to affect one's judgement.
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One has to know more about a company if one buys earnings.
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If the market were way over priced, I wouldn't own any stocks.
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Ben's emphasis was on protecting his expectation of profit with minimum risk.
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Be aware of the level of the stock market. Are yields low and PE ratios high?
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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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Stockbrokers aren't too interested in a stock you can sit there for five years with.
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I helped Ben with the third edition of Security Analysis, published in 1951.
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People don't like to buy things that are going down.
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Making a decision to sell is the most difficult thing we do.
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Don't be in too much of a hurry to sell.
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Ben was a great believer in buying a diversified group of securities, so that he limited his risk.
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If the market is so cheap, you want to get something with a little more zip in it, or potential.
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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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Look for companies that do not have a lot of debt.
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We do not spend a great deal of time talking to management.
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Sell is tough. It's the worst, it's the most difficult thing of all.
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Try to establish the value of a company.
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