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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
Investing
Patience
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People don't like to buy things that are going down.
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The market is a very emotional place that appeals to fear and greed.
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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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Ben was really a contrarian but he didn't use those terms because he was really buying value.
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By setting up Berkshire Hathaway, Warren has done everything very rationally.
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Buy stocks where the outlook is not good.
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Ben's emphasis was on protecting his expectation of profit with minimum risk.
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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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Remember that a share of stock represents a part of a business and is not just a piece of paper.
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Earnings can change dramatically. Usually assets change slowly.
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All the publicity about value investing - it's become a very popular thing.
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Try not to let your emotions affect your judgement.
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Try to establish the value of a company.
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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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I'm not very good on timing. In fact, I've stayed away from it.
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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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I found that it was much better to look at the figures rather than people.
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We get a feeling, if we can, about what we think the company is worth.
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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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