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Howard Marks:The Most Important Thing, Excerpt 4

Howard Marks《The Most Important Thing》· The Most Important Thing · Wealth · Investing

Warren Buffett constantly stresses “margin of safety.” In other words, you shouldn’t pay prices so high that they presuppose (and are reliant on) things going right. Instead, prices should be so low that you can profit – or at least avoid loss – even if things go wrong. Purchase prices below intrinsic value will, in and of themselves, result in larger gains, smaller losses, and easier exits.

Source: https://www.oaktreecapital.com/docs/default-source/memos/2003-07-01-the-most-important-thing.pdf
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