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Earnings can change dramatically. Usually assets change slowly.

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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
Usually
Values
Change
Earnings
Dramatically
Earning
Assets
Slowly

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