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Have a philosophy of investment and try to follow it.
Walter Schloss
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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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Ben didn't want to lose money. He had had a rough time during the depression.
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I found that it was much better to look at the figures rather than people.
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