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.
BENJAMIN GRAHAM… the loss of public confidence in the financial community growing out of its own conduct in recent years. I insist that more damage has been done to stock values and to the future of equities from inside Wall Street than from outside Wall Street.
More Benjamin Graham Quotes
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Stocks can be dynamite.
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The defensive (or passive) investor will place chief emphasis on the avoidance of serious mistakes or losses. His second aim will be freedom from effort, annoyance, and the need for making frequent decisions.
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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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A speculator gambles that a stock will go up in price because somebody else will pay even more for it.
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At heart, “uncertainty” and “investing” are synonyms.
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The investor’s primary interest lies in acquiring and holding suitable securities at suitable prices.
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Successful investing professionals are disciplined and consistent and they think a great deal about what they do and how they do it.
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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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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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Diversification is an established tenet of conservative investment.
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Buy not on optimism, but on arithmetic.
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Before 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.
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The best values today are often found in the stocks that were once hot and have since gone cold.
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Those with the enterprise lack the money and those with the money lack the enterprise to buy stocks when they are cheap.
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Wall Street people learn nothing and forget everything.
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