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Famous Walter Schloss Quotes
“We do not spend a great deal of time talking to management.”
“I helped Ben with the third edition of Security Analysis, published in 1951.”
“When you buy a depressed company it's not going to go up right after you buy it, believe me.”
“Sell is tough. It's the worst, it's the most difficult thing of all.”
“Each year we buy stocks and they go up, we sell them and then we try to buy something cheaper.”
“My first job at Graham-Newman was to prepare the annual report for that 10th year.”
“I agree with Warren to keep it simple and not use higher mathematics in your analysis.”
“You have to be a little aware of the emotions of the people who have invested with you.”
“Warren is a very good judge of people and he's a very good judge of businesses.”
“Ben's emphasis was on protecting his expectation of profit with minimum risk.”
“You know, people tend to like to buy companies that are doing well.”
“Ben was really a contrarian but he didn't use those terms because he was really buying value.”
“By setting up Berkshire Hathaway, Warren has done everything very rationally.”
“I found that it was much better to look at the figures rather than people.”
“One has to know more about a company if one buys earnings.”
“Ben was a very simple straightforward man with a brilliant quick mind.”
“Ben didn't want to lose money. He had had a rough time during the depression.”
“I have been around a long time and Wall Street has changed a lot.”
“The market is a very emotional place that appeals to fear and greed.”
“Most look at earnings and earnings potential, well I can't get into that game.”
“Earnings can change dramatically. Usually assets change slowly.”
“Price is the most important factor to use in relation to value.”
“Ben was a great believer in buying a diversified group of securities, so that he limited his risk.”