Stocks can be dynamite.
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.
More Benjamin Graham Quotes
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Never mingle your speculative and investment operations in the same account nor in any part of your thinking.
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Investing isn’t about beating others at their game. It’s about controlling yourself at your own game.
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The distinction between investment and speculation in common stocks has always been a useful one and its disappearance is cause for concern.
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At heart, “uncertainty” and “investing” are synonyms.
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Calculate a stock’s price/earnings ratio yourself, using Graham’s formula of current price divided by average earnings over the past three years.
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The function of the margin of safety is, in essence, that of rendering unnecessary an accurate estimate of the future.
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People who invest make money for themselves; people who speculate make money for their brokers. And that, in turn, is why Wall Street perennially downplays the durable virtues of investing and hypes the gaudy appeal of speculation.
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It is a fact worth pondering that four centuries ago the evil of “an abundance or surplus” arose from its being kept off the market, while today the evil of surplus lies in its being thrown upon the market.
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To establish the right price for a stock, the market must have adequate information, but it by no means follows that is the market has this information it will thereupon establish the right price.
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I quickly convinced myself that the true key to material happiness lay in a modest standard of living which could be achieved with little difficulty under almost all economic conditions.
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Whenever the investor sold out in an upswing as soon as the top level of the previous well-recognized bull market was reached, he had a chance in the next bear market to buy back at one third (or better) below his selling price.
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The underlying principles of sound investment should not alter from decade to decade, but the application of these principles must be adapted to significant changes in the financial mechanisms and climate.
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The sillier the market’s behavior, the greater the opportunity for the business like investor.
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The utility, or intrinsic value of gold as a commodity is now considerably less than in the past; its monetary status has become extraordinarily ambiguous; and its future is highly uncertain.
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Individuals who cannot master their emotions are ill-suited to profit from the investment process.
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