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.
BENJAMIN GRAHAMAlthough there are good and bad companies, there is no such thing as a good stock; there are only good stock prices, which come and go.
More Benjamin Graham Quotes
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Both individual skill (art) and chance are important factors in determining success or failure.
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The intelligent investor should recognize that market panics can create great prices for good companies and good prices for great companies.
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If I have noticed anything over these 60 years on Wall Street, it is that people do not succeed in forecasting what`s going to happen to the stock market.
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Instead of passing blithely over into that Promised Land, flowing almost literally with milk and honey, it may be our destiny to wander a full 40 years or more in the wilderness of doubt and divided sentiments.
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An investor calculates what a stock is worth, based on the value of its businesses.
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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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The most striking thing about Graham’s discussion of how to allocate your assets between stocks and bonds is that he never mentions the word “age”.
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There is no reason to feel any shame in hiring someone to pick stocks or mutual funds for you. But there’s one responsibility that you must never delegate. You, and no one but you, must investigate whether an adviser is trustworthy and charges reasonable fees.
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A speculator gambles that a stock will go up in price because somebody else will pay even more for it.
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Although there are good and bad companies, there is no such thing as a good stock; there are only good stock prices, which come and go.
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The beauty of periodic rebalancing is that it forces you to base your investing decisions on a simple, objective standard.
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To achieve satisfactory investment results is easier than most people realize; to achieve superior results is harder than it looks.
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There is a close logical connection between the concept of a safety margin and the principle of diversification.
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Wall Street people learn nothing and forget everything.
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Mr. Market’s job is to provide you with prices; your job is to decide whether it is to your advantage to act on them. You no not have to trade with hime just because he constantly begs you to.
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