Values Quotes by Walter Schloss

Try to look for weaknesses in your thinking.

— Walter Schloss

Our average holding period is four years.

— Walter Schloss

Buy stocks where the outlook is not good.

— Walter Schloss

Look at companies selling at new lows.

— Walter Schloss

Yes, Warren has done very well.

— Walter Schloss

Don't sell on bad news.

— Walter Schloss

Enjoy your work and have ethical standards.

— Walter Schloss

Try to establish the value of a company.

— Walter Schloss

Look for companies that do not have a lot of debt.

— Walter Schloss

Earnings can change dramatically. Usually assets change slowly.

— Walter Schloss

You know, people tend to like to buy companies that are doing well.

— Walter Schloss

We do not spend a great deal of time talking to management.

— Walter Schloss

You have to have confidence in what you're doing.

— Walter Schloss

You have to invest the way that's comfortable for you.

— Walter Schloss

Sell is tough. It's the worst, it's the most difficult thing of all.

— Walter Schloss

Be aware of the level of the stock market. Are yields low and PE ratios high?

— Walter Schloss

When it comes to investing, my suggestion is to first understand your strengths and weaknesses, and then devise a simple strategy so…

— Walter Schloss

I'm a passive investor. There are people who are very aggressive; they try to buy companies.

— Walter Schloss

Make sure you have the courage to stay true to your convictions and not let the market affect your emotions.

— Walter Schloss

We like to buy stocks which we feel are undervalued and then we have to have the guts to buy more when…

— Walter Schloss

If the market is so cheap, you want to get something with a little more zip in it, or potential.

— Walter Schloss

Ben was a great believer in buying a diversified group of securities, so that he limited his risk.

— Walter Schloss

Each year we buy stocks and they go up, we sell them and then we try to buy something cheaper.

— Walter Schloss

Basically, we try to buy value expressed in the differential between its price and what we think its worth.

— Walter Schloss

This is a business. Like any other business.

— Walter Schloss

I like the idea of company-paid dividends.

— Walter Schloss

I tried to follow Ben Graham's ideas.

— Walter Schloss

You have to have patience in this field.

— Walter Schloss

If the stock goes down we want to buy more.

— Walter Schloss

Don't be in too much of a hurry to sell.

— Walter Schloss

Don't buy on tips or for a quick move.

— Walter Schloss

My job was to find stocks that were undervalued.

— Walter Schloss

Graham liked the idea of protection on the downside.

— Walter Schloss

People don't like to buy things that are going down.

— Walter Schloss

Ben didn't want to lose money. He had had a rough time during the depression.

— Walter Schloss

We don't put the same amount of money in each stock.

— Walter Schloss

I was in Graham's office the day he bought GEICO. Warren owns one-third of the stock today.

— Walter Schloss

All the publicity about value investing - it's become a very popular thing.

— Walter Schloss

I find it helpful to buy near the low of the last few years.

— Walter Schloss

I agree with Warren to keep it simple and not use higher mathematics in your analysis.

— Walter Schloss