Values Quotes by Walter Schloss · Page 2

I'm not very good on timing. In fact, I've stayed away from it.

— Walter Schloss

You never really know a stock until you own it.

— Walter Schloss

If there are not too many value stocks that I can find, the market isn't all that cheap.

— Walter Schloss

I liked the results of the profits in the markets.

— Walter Schloss

Managements, you know, often think of themselves.

— Walter Schloss

Some kinds of stocks are easier to analyse than others.

— Walter Schloss

Making a decision to sell is the most difficult thing we do.

— Walter Schloss

We may buy a little bit of a stock, to get our feet wet and get a feeling for it.

— Walter Schloss

Before selling, try to re-evaluate the company again and see where the stock sells in realtion to its book value.

— Walter Schloss

Fear and greed are probably the worst emotions to have in connection with the purchase and sale of stocks.

— Walter Schloss

You never get the high and you never get the low.

— Walter Schloss

I have been around a long time and Wall Street has changed a lot.

— Walter Schloss

We get a feeling, if we can, about what we think the company is worth.

— Walter Schloss

Ben's emphasis was on protecting his expectation of profit with minimum risk.

— Walter Schloss

My first job at Graham-Newman was to prepare the annual report for that 10th year.

— Walter Schloss

The market is a very emotional place that appeals to fear and greed.

— Walter Schloss

I helped Ben with the third edition of Security Analysis, published in 1951.

— Walter Schloss

By setting up Berkshire Hathaway, Warren has done everything very rationally.

— Walter Schloss

If the market were way over priced, I wouldn't own any stocks.

— Walter Schloss

Most look at earnings and earnings potential, well I can't get into that game.

— Walter Schloss

Be careful of leverage. It can go against you.

— Walter Schloss

Devise a simple strategy so you can sleep at night.

— Walter Schloss

I found that it was much better to look at the figures rather than people.

— Walter Schloss

Price is the most important factor to use in relation to value.

— Walter Schloss

Fear and greed tend to affect one's judgement.

— Walter Schloss

Ben was a very simple straightforward man with a brilliant quick mind.

— Walter Schloss

My job was to find stocks that were undervalued.

— Walter Schloss

Have patience. Stocks don't go up immediately.

— Walter Schloss

Enjoy your work and have ethical standards.

— Walter Schloss

Have a philosophy of investment and try to follow it.

— Walter Schloss

Be sure that debt does not exceed 100% of the equity.

— Walter Schloss

One has to know more about a company if one buys earnings.

— Walter Schloss

I tried to follow Ben Graham's ideas.

— Walter Schloss

I don't have a ticker-tape machine in my office.

— Walter Schloss

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

— Walter Schloss

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

— Walter Schloss

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

— 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

Ben was really a contrarian but he didn't use those terms because he was really buying value.

— Walter Schloss