David Dreman
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David Dreman
David Dremanis an investor, who founded and is Chairman of Dreman Value Management, an investment company...
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Whenever you get some kind of natural disaster, the best thing is to stay on the sidelines for the first couple days. We'll see higher oil prices from here on in. Demand is simply outstripping supply.
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We invest in undervalued companies that exhibit strong fundamentals, above-market dividend yields and historic earnings growth, which our analysis indicates will persist. Our strategy is to own strong, fundamentally sound companies and to avoid speculative stocks or potential bankruptcies.
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For the last two or three years, the earnings just shot through all the forecasts. We're still in a strong earnings environment, but at the same time we're getting somewhat more misses, and that, coming to a somewhat more jittery market, I think is leaving people concerned.
blows
If you play it out long enough it blows up,
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This win is very helpful on the litigation scene. This is a case that a lot of other states were watching.
investment commodity crucial
Patience is a crucial but rare investment commodity.
psychology important understood
Psychology is probably the most important factor in the market - and one that is least understood.
ships strategy abandon
Investors repeatedly jump ship on a good strategy just because it hasn't worked so well lately, and, almost invariably, abandon it at precisely the wrong time.
world earning visibility
History constantly reminds us that in an uncertain world there is no visibility of prospects. Future earnings cannot be predicted with accuracy.
teach conclusion always-wrong
Experience teaches us that when "everyone" comes to the same conclusion, that conclusion is just about always wrong.
real risk enhancement
A good starting point [in the measurement of investment risk] is the preservation and enhancement of your purchasing power in real terms.
loss two risk
A realistic definition of risk recognizes the potential loss of capital through inflation and taxes, and would include at least the following two factors: The probability that the investment you chose will preserve your capital over the time you intend to invest your funds. The probability the investments you select will outperform alternative investments for this period.
perception division credit
Bank One has got one of the best credit card divisions, ... The perception of investors is that financial services stocks are affected by interest rates and they're not.
business finance beats
Nobody beats the market, they say. Except for those of those of us who do.