The chief losses to investors come from the purchase of low-quality securities at times of favorable business conditions.
BENJAMIN GRAHAMIn other words, the market is not a weighing machine, on which the value of each issue is recorded by an exact and impersonal mechanism, in accordance with its specific qualities.
More Benjamin Graham Quotes
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The chief losses to investors come from the purchase of low-quality securities at times of favorable business conditions.
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The value of any investment is, and always must be, a function of the price you pay for it.
BENJAMIN GRAHAMThe value of any investment is, and always must be, a function of the price you pay for it.
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Real investment risk is measured not by the percent that a stock may decline in price in relation to the general market in a given period, but by the danger of a loss of quality and earnings power through economic changes or deterioration in management.
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If General Motors is worth $60 a share to an investor it must be because the full common-stock ownership of this gigantic enterprise as a whole is worth 43 million (shares) times $60, or no less than $2,600 million.
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It is absurd to think that the general public can ever make money out of market forecasts.
BENJAMIN GRAHAMIt is absurd to think that the general public can ever make money out of market forecasts.
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The memory of the financial community is proverbially and distressingly short.
BENJAMIN GRAHAMThe memory of the financial community is proverbially and distressingly short.
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The volume of credit depends upon three factors: the desire to borrow, the ability to lend and the desire to lend.
BENJAMIN GRAHAMThe volume of credit depends upon three factors: the desire to borrow, the ability to lend and the desire to lend.
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THERE is widespread agreement among economists that abuse of credit constitutes one of the chief unwholesome elements in business booms and is mainly responsible for the ensuing crash and depression.
BENJAMIN GRAHAMTHERE is widespread agreement among economists that abuse of credit constitutes one of the chief unwholesome elements in business booms and is mainly responsible for the ensuing crash and depression.
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Many progressive economists insist that gold is now in essentially the same position as silver and that the arguments the simon-pure gold advocates use against the white metal can be directed with equal effect against their own fetish.
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For 99 issues out of 100 we could say that at some price they are cheap enough to buy and at some price they would be so dear that they would be sold.
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Individuals who cannot master their emotions are ill-suited to profit from the investment process.
BENJAMIN GRAHAMIndividuals who cannot master their emotions are ill-suited to profit from the investment process.
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Undervaluations caused by neglect or prejudice may persist for an inconveniently long time, and the same applies to inflated prices caused by over-enthusiasm or artificial stimulants.
BENJAMIN GRAHAMUndervaluations caused by neglect or prejudice may persist for an inconveniently long time, and the same applies to inflated prices caused by over-enthusiasm or artificial stimulants.
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The investor’s chief problem – and even his worst enemy – is likely to be himself.
BENJAMIN GRAHAMThe investor’s chief problem – and even his worst enemy – is likely to be himself.
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The investor who permits himself to be stampeded or unduly worried by unjustified market declines in his holdings is perversely transforming his basic advantage into a basic disadvantage.
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It is no difficult trick to bring a great deal of energy, study, and native ability into Wall Street and to end up with losses instead of profits. These virtues, if channeled in the wrong directions, become indistinguishable from handicaps.
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You must never delude yourself into thinking that you’re investing when you’re speculating.
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