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Our average holding period is four years.

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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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Holding

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Use book value as a starting point to try and establish the value of the enterprise.
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Have a philosophy of investment and try to follow it.
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Ben was a very simple straightforward man with a brilliant quick mind.
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Look at companies selling at new lows.
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Sell is tough. It's the worst, it's the most difficult thing of all.
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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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Fear and greed tend to affect one's judgement.
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Enjoy your work and have ethical standards.
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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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