You’re looking for a mispriced gamble. That’s what investing is. And you have to know enough to know whether the gamble is mispriced. That’s value investing.
CHARLIE MUNGERI don’t spend much time regretting the past, once I’ve taken my lesson from it. I don’t dwell on it.
More Charlie Munger Quotes
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You’re not going to get very far in life based on what you already know. You’re going to advance in life by what you’re going to learn after you leave here.
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When you locate a bargain, you must ask, ‘Why me, God? Why am I the only one who could find this bargain?’
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I don’t spend much time regretting the past, once I’ve taken my lesson from it. I don’t dwell on it.
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A great business at a fair price is superior to a fair business at a great price.
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The big money is not in the buying and selling, but in the waiting.
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Stock-picking is like gambling: those who win well, seldom bet, but when they do, they bet heavily.
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Intelligent people make decisions based on opportunity costs.
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If you can buy the best companies, over time the pricing takes care of itself.
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I did not succeed in life by intelligence. I succeeded because I have a long attention span.
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It takes character to sit there with all that cash and do nothing. I didn’t get to where I am by going after mediocre opportunities.
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There are worse situations than drowning in cash and sitting, sitting, sitting. I remember when I wasn’t awash in cash — and I don’t want to go back.
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Investing is where you find a few great companies and then sit on your ass.
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Why should it be easy to do something that, if done well, two or three times, will make your family rich for life?
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There’s no way that you can live an adequate life without many mistakes. In fact, one trick in life is to get so you can handle mistakes. Failure to handle psychological denial is a common way for people to go broke.
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The way to win is to work, work, work, work and hope to have a few insights And you’re probably not going to be smart enough to find thousands in a lifetime. And when you get a few, you really load up. It’s just that simple.
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