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Have the courage of your convictions once you have made a decision.

Walter Schloss

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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
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Basically, we try to buy value expressed in the differential between its price and what we think its worth.
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Warren is a very good judge of people and he's a very good judge of businesses.
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By setting up Berkshire Hathaway, Warren has done everything very rationally.
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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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Earnings can change dramatically. Usually assets change slowly.
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Be sure that debt does not exceed 100% of the equity.
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I'm a passive investor. There are people who are very aggressive they try to buy companies.
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Look for companies that do not have a lot of debt.
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If you are honest, hardworking, reasonably intelligent and have good common sense, you can do well in the investment field as long as you are not too greedy and don't get too emotional when things go against you.
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You never really know a stock until you own it.
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You have to be a little aware of the emotions of the people who have invested with you.
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Some kinds of stocks are easier to analyse than others.
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When I buy a stock, I have kind of an idea where I want to sell it.
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I like the idea of company-paid dividends.
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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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Devise a simple strategy so you can sleep at night.
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We get a feeling, if we can, about what we think the company is worth.
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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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