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Fear and greed are probably the worst emotions to have in connection with the purchase and sale of stocks.

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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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When you buy a depressed company it's not going to go up right after you buy it, believe me.
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All the publicity about value investing - it's become a very popular thing.
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You know, people tend to like to buy companies that are doing well.
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Try to buy assets at a discount than to buy earnings.
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Before selling, try to re-evaluate the company again and see where the stock sells in realtion to its book value.
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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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