Seth Klarman Quotes About Strategy

Quotes about: Strategy

• The strategy of buying what's in favor is a fool's errand, ensuring long-term underperformance. Only by standing against the prevailing winds - selectively, but resolutely - can an investor prosper over time. But for a while, a value investor typically underperforms.

  Seth Klarman

  Wind, Long, Errands

• One thing I want to emphasize is that, like any human being, we can discuss our view of the economy and the market. Fortunately for our clients, we don't tend to operate based on the view. Our investment strategy is to invest bottom up, one stock at a time, based on price compared to value. And while we may have a macro view that things aren't very good right now - which in fact we feel very strongly we will put money to work regardless of that macro view if we find bargains. So tomorrow, if we found half a dozen bargains, we would invest all our cash.

  Seth Klarman

  Views, Facts, Clients

• Occasionally we are asked whether it would make sense to modify our investment strategy to perform better in today's financial climate. Our answer, as you might guess, is: No! It would be easyfor us to capitulate to the runaway bull market in growth and technology stocks. And foolhardy. And irresponsible. And unconscionable. It is always easiest to run with the herd; at times, it can take a deep reservoir of courage and conviction to stand apart from it. Yet distancing yourself from the crowd is an essential component of long-term investment success.

  Seth Klarman

  Running, Technology, Investment Success

• Because investors are not usually penalized for adhering to conventional practices, doing so is the less professionally risky strategy, even though it virtually guarantees against superior performance.

  Seth Klarman

  Practice, Guarantees, Strategy

• Once you adopt a value-investment strategy, any other investment behavior starts to seem like gambling.

  Seth Klarman

  Gambling, Strategy, Investment

• A value strategy is of little use to the impatient investor since it usually takes time to pay off.

  Seth Klarman

  Use, Littles, Pay

• People should be highly sceptical of anyone's including their own, ability to predict the future, and instead pursue strategies that can survive whatever may occur.

  Seth Klarman

  People, May, Strategy

• It is crucial to have a strategy in place before problems hit, precisely because no one can accurately predict the future direction of the stock market or economy. Value investing, the strategy of buying stocks at an appreciable discount from the value of the underlying businesses, is one strategy that provides a road map to successfully navigate not only through good times but also through turmoil.

  Seth Klarman

  Investing, Maps, Buying

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