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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I paraphrase Lord Rothschild: ‘The time to buy is when there's blood on the streets.'
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Demanding immediate success invariably leads to playing the fads or fashions currently performing well rather than investing on a solid basis. A course of investment, once charted, should be given time to work out. Patience is a crucial but rare investment commodity.
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Nobody beats the market, they say. Except for those of those of us who do.
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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.
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A good starting point [in the measurement of investment risk] is the preservation and enhancement of your purchasing power in real terms.
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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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Experience teaches us that when "everyone" comes to the same conclusion, that conclusion is just about always wrong.
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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.
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If you play it out long enough it blows up,
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Patience is a crucial but rare investment commodity.
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Psychology is probably the most important factor in the market - and one that is least understood.
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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.
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History constantly reminds us that in an uncertain world there is no visibility of prospects. Future earnings cannot be predicted with accuracy.