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  • Benjamin Graham Quote - By refusing to pay too much for an investment, you minimize the chances that your wealth will ever disappear or suddenly be destroyed.
  • Benjamin Graham Quote - By refusing to pay too much for an investment, you minimize the chances that your wealth will ever disappear or suddenly be destroyed.
  • Benjamin Graham Quote - By refusing to pay too much for an investment, you minimize the chances that your wealth will ever disappear or suddenly be destroyed.
  • Benjamin Graham Quote - By refusing to pay too much for an investment, you minimize the chances that your wealth will ever disappear or suddenly be destroyed.
  • Benjamin Graham Quote - By refusing to pay too much for an investment, you minimize the chances that your wealth will ever disappear or suddenly be destroyed.
  • Benjamin Graham Quote - 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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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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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - No matter how careful you are, the one risk no investor can ever eliminate is the risk of being wrong. Only by insisting on what Graham called the “margin of safety” – never overpaying, no matter how exciting an investment seems to be – can you minimize your odds of error.

    No matter how careful you are, the one risk no investor can ever eliminate is the risk of being wrong. Only by insisting on what Graham called the “margin of safety” – never overpaying, no matter how exciting an investment seems to be – can you minimize your odds of error.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - In the world of securities, courage becomes the supreme virtue after adequate knowledge and a tested judgment are at hand.

    In the world of securities, courage becomes the supreme virtue after adequate knowledge and a tested judgment are at hand.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - 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.

    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.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - As in roulette, same is true of the stock trader, who will find that the expense of trading weights the dice heavily against him.

    As in roulette, same is true of the stock trader, who will find that the expense of trading weights the dice heavily against him.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - Traditionally the investor has been the man with patience and the courage of his convictions who would buy when the harried or disheartened speculator was selling.

    Traditionally the investor has been the man with patience and the courage of his convictions who would buy when the harried or disheartened speculator was selling.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - 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”.

    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”.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - Calculate a stock’s price/earnings ratio yourself, using Graham’s formula of current price divided by average earnings over the past three years.

    Calculate a stock’s price/earnings ratio yourself, using Graham’s formula of current price divided by average earnings over the past three years.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - Though business conditions may change, corporations and securities may change, and financial institutions and regulations may change, human nature remains the same.

    Though business conditions may change, corporations and securities may change, and financial institutions and regulations may change, human nature remains the same.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - In the financial markets, hindsight is forever 20/20, but foresight is legally blind. And thus, for most investors, market timing is a practical and emotional impossibility.

    In the financial markets, hindsight is forever 20/20, but foresight is legally blind. And thus, for most investors, market timing is a practical and emotional impossibility.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - Most of the time common stocks are subject to irrational and excessive price fluctuations in both directions as the consequence of the ingrained tendency of most people to speculate or gamble… to give way to hope, fear and greed.

    Most of the time common stocks are subject to irrational and excessive price fluctuations in both directions as the consequence of the ingrained tendency of most people to speculate or gamble… to give way to hope, fear and greed.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - Price fluctuations have only one significant meaning for the true investor. They provide him with an opportunity to buy wisely when prices fall sharply and to sell wisely when they advance a great deal.

    Price fluctuations have only one significant meaning for the true investor. They provide him with an opportunity to buy wisely when prices fall sharply and to sell wisely when they advance a great deal.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - Every corporate security may be best viewed, in the first instance, as an ownership interest in, or a claim against, a specific business enterprise.

    Every corporate security may be best viewed, in the first instance, as an ownership interest in, or a claim against, a specific business enterprise.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - Successful investing professionals are disciplined and consistent and they think a great deal about what they do and how they do it.

    Successful investing professionals are disciplined and consistent and they think a great deal about what they do and how they do it.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - Speculative stock movements are carried too far in both directions, frequently in the general market and at all times in at least some of the individual issues.

    Speculative stock movements are carried too far in both directions, frequently in the general market and at all times in at least some of the individual issues.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - 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.

    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.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - 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.

    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.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM