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The mantra is patience, patience and more patience. Think long-term and remember that the big rewards accrue with compound annual rates of return.
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Peter Cundill
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Consistency and patience are crucial. Most investors are their own worst enemies. Endurance enables compounding.
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Seth Klarman
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Investment decisions should be made on the basis of the most probable compounding of after-tax net worth with minimum risk.
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Warren Buffett
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It is obvious that a variation of merely a few percentage points has an enormous effect on the success of a compounding (investment) program. It is also obvious that this effect mushrooms as the period lengthens.
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Warren Buffett
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Understanding both the power of compound return and the difficulty getting it is the heart and soul of understanding a lot of things.
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Charlie Munger
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Every basis point of return -- let alone every 100 basis points -- has a staggering difference in outcomes in the long run. That's why you stay focused on the long term and the rate of return; that is where the difference is, that is what you want and need to capture.
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Chuck Akre
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One of the tricks of this business is, keep your losses down and then, if you have a few good breaks, the compounding works well for you.
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Walter Schloss
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Understanding both the power of compound return and the difficulty getting it is the heart and soul of understanding a lot of things.
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Charlie Munger
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