Warren Buffett once wrote that value investing is like an inoculation--it either takes or it doesn't--and when you explain to somebody what… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
As Buffett has often observed, value investing is not a concept that can be learned and gradually applied over time. It is… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Right at the core, the mainstream has it backwards. Warren Buffett often quips that the first rule of investing is to not… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
As Graham, Dodd and Buffett have all said, you should always remember that you don't have to swing at every pitch. You… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
To value investors the concept of indexing is at best silly and at worst quite hazardous. Warren Buffett has observed that "in… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Warren Buffett is right when he says you should invest as if the market is going to be closed for the next… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Warren Buffett likes to say that the first rule of investing is "Don't lose money," and the second rule is, "Never forget… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
I think Buffett is a better investor than me because he has a better eye toward what makes a great business. And… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Unlike return, however, risk is no more quantifiable at the end of an investment that it was at its beginning. Risk simply cannot be… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Because investors are not usually penalized for adhering to conventional practices, doing so is the less professionally risky strategy, even though it virtually guarantees… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
There is an old saying, "How did you go bankrupt?" And the answer is, "Gradually, and then suddenly." The impending fiscal crisis in the… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
In a rising market, everyone makes money and a value philosophy is unnecessary. But because there is no certain way to predict what the… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Ultimately, nothing should be more important to investors than the ability to sleep soundly at night. — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Warren Buffett once wrote that value investing is like an inoculation--it either takes or it doesn't--and when you explain to somebody what it is… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
It is important to remember that value investing is not a perfect science. It is an, with an ongoing need for judgment, refinement, patience,… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Value investing is at its core the marriage of a contrarian streak and a calculator. — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
The avoidance of loss is the surest way to ensure a profitable outcome. — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
