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Only novel "soft-shelled" ideas produce extraordinary returns, because the obvious ideas are already reflected in a stock's price.
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It's absolute cockamamie crazy to sell stocks after they drop. Instead, you should say, "Today there's a first-rate bargain and I'm buying."
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The mistake most people make is answering the door just because Mr. Market knocks. You don't have to let him in.
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Most of the destruction of investment value occurs in small, private anguishing experiences that are never discussed and never recorded, because people were doing things they never should have done.
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If you go to the stock market because you want excitement, then sooner or later you will lose.
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Benign neglect is the secret to long-term investing success.
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Contrary to their oft-articulated goal of outperforming the market averages, investment managers are not beating the market: The market is beating them.
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