We attracted a lot of market timers and asset allocators. I don't need those ... amateurs in my fund.
Martin J. WhitmanRarely do more than three or four variables really count. Everything else is noise.
Martin J. WhitmanIn the financial world it tends to be misleading to state, "There is no free lunch." Rather the more meaningful comment is, "Somebody has to pay for lunch."
Martin J. WhitmanDiversification is a surrogate - and a damn poor surrogate - for knowledge, elements of control, and priceconsciousness.
Martin J. Whitman