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People don't like to buy things that are going down.

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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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Be sure that debt does not exceed 100% of the equity.
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One of the tricks of this business is, keep your losses down.
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Ben was really a contrarian but he didn't use those terms because he was really buying value.
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If there are not too many value stocks that I can find, the market isn't all that cheap.
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Try to buy assets at a discount than to buy earnings.
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Book values have some good and some bad features.
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By setting up Berkshire Hathaway, Warren has done everything very rationally.
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When you buy a depressed company it's not going to go up right after you buy it, believe me.
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I helped Ben with the third edition of Security Analysis, published in 1951.
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Look for companies that do not have a lot of debt.
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Have a philosophy of investment and try to follow it.
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Buy stocks where the outlook is not good.
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Make sure you have the courage to stay true to your convictions and not let the market affect your emotions.
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Use book value as a starting point to try and establish the value of the enterprise.
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Don't sell on bad news.
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Have the courage of your convictions once you have made a decision.
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Graham liked the idea of protection on the downside.
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Sell is tough. It's the worst, it's the most difficult thing of all.
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