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One of the ironies of the stock market is the emphasis on activity. Brokers, using terms such as 'marketability' and 'liquidity,' sing the praises of companies with high share turnover... but investors should understand that what is good for the croupier is not good for the customer. A hyperactive stock market is the pick pocket of enterprise.

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By periodically investing in an index fund, the know-nothing investors can actually outperform most investment professionals.

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Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

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When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.

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Calculate "owner earnings" to get a true reflection of value.

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You could be somewhere where the mail was delayed three weeks and do just fine investing.

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Cash combined with courage in a time of crisis is priceless.

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All there is to investing is picking good stocks at good times and staying with them as long as they remain good companies.

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Never invest in a business you can't understand

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Buy companies with strong histories of profitability and with a dominant business franchise.

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You know ... you keep doing the same things and you keep getting the same result over and over again.

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Read Ben Graham and Phil Fisher read annual reports, but don't do equations with Greek letters in them.

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We really can say no in 10 seconds or so to 90%+ of all the things that come along simply because we have these filters.

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Money is not everything. Make sure you earn a lot before speaking such nonsense.

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I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and a better businessman because I am no investor.

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While I live I will never resort to irredeemable paper.

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In a commodity business, it's very hard to be smarter than your dumbest competitor.

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We can guarantee cash benefits as far out and at whatever size you like, but we cannot guarantee their purchasing power.

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A prediction about the direction of the stock market tells you nothing about where stocks are headed, but a whole lot about the person doing the predicting.

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The probable is what usually happens.

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