It is important to remember that value investing is not a perfect science. It is an, with an ongoing need for judgment,… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
At the worst possible moment, when your fund is down because cheap things have gotten cheaper, you need to have capital, to… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
While some might mistakenly consider value investing a mechanical tool for identifying bargains, it is actually a comprehensive investment philosophy that emphasizes… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Markets need not be in sync with one another. Simultaneously, the bond market can be priced for sustained tough times, the equity… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Value investing is simple to understand but difficult to implement. Value investors are not supersophisticated analytical wizards who create and apply intricate… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Value investors have to be patient and disciplined, but what I really think is you need not to be greedy. If you're… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
If you are predisposed to be patient, disciplined and psychologically appreciate the idea of buying bargains, then you're likely to be good… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Investing is the intersection of economics and psychology. The analysis is actually the easy part. The economics, the valuation of the business… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Investors need to pick their poison: Either make more money when times are good and have a really ugly year every so… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Graham's wonderful sentence as, an investor needs only two things: cash and courage. Having only one of them is not enough. — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
You need to balance arrogance and humilitywhen you buy anything, it's an arrogant act. You are saying the markets are gyrating 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
