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Ben was a very simple straightforward man with a brilliant quick mind.

Walter Schloss

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Walter Schloss
Age: 95 †
Born: 1916
Born: August 28
Died: 2012
Died: February 19
Businessperson
Investor
New York City
New York
Walter Jerome Schloss
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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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Our average holding period is four years.
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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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Be aware of the level of the stock market. Are yields low and PE ratios high?
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Have a philosophy of investment and try to follow it.
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My first job at Graham-Newman was to prepare the annual report for that 10th year.
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Buy stocks where the outlook is not good.
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We do not spend a great deal of time talking to management.
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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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I tried to follow Ben Graham's ideas.
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I found that it was much better to look at the figures rather than people.
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I helped Ben with the third edition of Security Analysis, published in 1951.
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Enjoy your work and have ethical standards.
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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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When I buy a stock, I have kind of an idea where I want to sell it.
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You never get the high and you never get the low.
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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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Most look at earnings and earnings potential, well I can't get into that game.
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I have been around a long time and Wall Street has changed a lot.
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Try not to let your emotions affect your judgement.
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