Top 89 Quotes & Sayings by Walter Schloss - Page 2
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Last updated on November 21, 2024.
I found that it was much better to look at the figures rather than people.
Use book value as a starting point to try and establish the value of the enterprise.
Try to establish the value of a company.
Ben didn't want to lose money. He had had a rough time during the depression.
Warren is a very good judge of people and he's a very good judge of businesses.
Yes, Warren has done very well.
I helped Ben with the third edition of Security Analysis, published in 1951.
I don't have a ticker-tape machine in my office.
Our average holding period is four years.
My job was to find stocks that were undervalued.
You know, people tend to like to buy companies that are doing well.
We get a feeling, if we can, about what we think the company is worth.
You have to be a little aware of the emotions of the people who have invested with you.
Ben was a very simple straightforward man with a brilliant quick mind.
I was in Graham's office the day he bought GEICO. Warren owns one-third of the stock today.
Before selling, try to re-evaluate the company again and see where the stock sells in realtion to its book value.
I'm a passive investor. There are people who are very aggressive; they try to buy companies.
Graham liked the idea of protection on the downside.
One has to know more about a company if one buys earnings.
By setting up Berkshire Hathaway, Warren has done everything very rationally.
I tried to follow Ben Graham's ideas.
I liked the results of the profits in the markets.
I have been around a long time and Wall Street has changed a lot.
My first job at Graham-Newman was to prepare the annual report for that 10th year.
We don't put the same amount of money in each stock.
Try to look for weaknesses in your thinking.
All the publicity about value investing - it's become a very popular thing.
This is a business. Like any other business.
Ben was a great believer in buying a diversified group of securities, so that he limited his risk.
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