The value of the security analyst to the investor depends largely on the investor’s own attitude. If the investor asks the analyst the right questions, he is likely to get the right or at least valuable answers.
BENJAMIN GRAHAMBefore you invest, you must ensure that you have realistically assessed your probability of being right and how you will react to the consequences of being wrong.
More Benjamin Graham Quotes
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It must be fundamentally wrong to reduce production of food and fiber while one-third of our population is still ill fed and ill clothed.
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To have a true investment, there must be a true margin of safety. And a true margin of safety is one that can be demonstrated by figures, by persuasive reasoning, and by reference to a body of actual experience.
BENJAMIN GRAHAMTo have a true investment, there must be a true margin of safety. And a true margin of safety is one that can be demonstrated by figures, by persuasive reasoning, and by reference to a body of actual experience.
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Both individual skill (art) and chance are important factors in determining success or failure.
BENJAMIN GRAHAMBoth individual skill (art) and chance are important factors in determining success or failure.
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The intelligent investor is likely to need considerable will power to keep from following the crowd.
BENJAMIN GRAHAMThe intelligent investor is likely to need considerable will power to keep from following the crowd.
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Diversification is an established tenet of conservative investment.
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The only thing you should do with pro forma earnings is ignore them.
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Stock speculation is largely a matter of A trying to decide what B, C and D are likely to think-with B, C and D trying to do the same.
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You must never delude yourself into thinking that you’re investing when you’re speculating.
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By refusing to pay too much for an investment, you minimize the chances that your wealth will ever disappear or suddenly be destroyed.
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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.
BENJAMIN GRAHAMIf 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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Whether we like it or not, government intervention in the face of surplus is here to stay.
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The money cost of the reservoir plan literally fades into insignificance when it is compared with the financial burden which the great depression imposed on the nation.
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Never buy a stock because it has gone up or sell one because it has gone down.
BENJAMIN GRAHAMNever buy a stock because it has gone up or sell one because it has gone down.
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The modern world is not geared properly to the storage of goods.
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An investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis, promises safety of principal and an adequate return.
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