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Benjamin Graham Quotes about Attitude

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The most realistic distinction between the investor and the speculator is found in their attitude toward stock-market movements. The speculator's primary interest lies in anticipating and profiting from market

The most realistic distinction between the investor and the speculator is found in their attitude toward stock-market movements. The speculator's primary interest lies in anticipating and profiting from market fluctuations. The investor's primary interest lies in acquiring and holding suitable securities at suitable prices. Market movements are important to him in a practical sense, because they alternately create low price levels at which he would be wise to buy and high price levels at which he certainly should refrain from buying and probably would be wise to sell.

Benjamin Graham
Wise, Attitude, Lying

Though business conditions may change, corporations and securities may change, and financial institutions and regulations may change, human nature remains the same. Thus the important and difficult part of sound investment, which hinges upon the investor's own temperament and attitude, is not much affected by the passing years.

Benjamin Graham
Attitude, Years, Important
Benjamin Graham (1959). “The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel”

Nothing in finance is more fatuous and harmful, in our opinion, than the firmly established attitude of common stock investors regarding questions of corporate management. That attitude is summed up in the phrase: "If you don't like the management, sell your stock." ... The public owners seem to have abdicated all claim to control over the paid superintendents of their property.

Benjamin Graham
Attitude, Phrases, Opinion
"The Intelligent Investor: The Classic Text on Value Investing". Book by Benjamin Graham, Chapter I, What the Intelligent Investor Can Accomplish, p. 18, 1949.

The correct attitude of the security analyst toward the stock market might well be that of a man toward his wife. He shouldn't pay too much attention to what the lady says, but he can't afford to ignore it entirely. That is pretty much the position that most of us find ourselves vis-à-vis the stock market.

Benjamin Graham
Attitude, Men, Wife
Benjamin Graham, New York Institute of Finance (1947). “Current problems in security analysis”

The value of the security analyst to the investor depends largely on the investor's own attitude. If the investor asks the analyst the right questions, he is likely to get the right or at least valuable answers.

Benjamin Graham
Attitude, Answers, Analysts
Benjamin Graham (1959). “The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel”

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