Comments on: Welcome to Value Investing: Finding Your Style http://www.contrarianvalueinvesting.com/2008/02/18/welcome-to-value-investing-finding-your-style/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Contrarian Value Investing At Its Finest Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:23:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: alexg http://www.contrarianvalueinvesting.com/2008/02/18/welcome-to-value-investing-finding-your-style/comment-page-1/#comment-44 alexg Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:42:32 +0000 http://www.contrarianvalueinvesting.com/2008/02/18/welcome-to-value-investing-finding-your-style/#comment-44 Noone will be like Warren Buffett. As stated in the article, he is wired to always be a step in front of everyone else. While everyone is busy analyzing rails... he has moved on. His picture had already been painted. Noone will be like Warren Buffett. As stated in the article, he is wired to always be a step in front of everyone else. While everyone is busy analyzing rails… he has moved on. His picture had already been painted.

]]> By: Sivaram Velauthapillai http://www.contrarianvalueinvesting.com/2008/02/18/welcome-to-value-investing-finding-your-style/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Sivaram Velauthapillai Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:17:06 +0000 http://www.contrarianvalueinvesting.com/2008/02/18/welcome-to-value-investing-finding-your-style/#comment-42 Good post. I'm a newbie who is also trying to find my strengths and weaknesses. You touch on a very important point that a lot of people overlook. I see many people trying to CLONE someone like Warren Buffett, rather than trying to find some attributes that fit them. For instance, very few will ever be like Buffett, not just because of analytical or intellectual differences but, because hardly anyone is as patient as he is. Buffett did not make any major investments for several years in the early 80's and early 70's, if I recall correctly. I don't know how many have the patience to do that. Conversely, you have superinvestors like Martin Whitman who have such a good skill in analyzing balance sheets, that I wonder how many will ever reach anything like his balance sheet skills. Good post. I’m a newbie who is also trying to find my strengths and weaknesses. You touch on a very important point that a lot of people overlook. I see many people trying to CLONE someone like Warren Buffett, rather than trying to find some attributes that fit them.

For instance, very few will ever be like Buffett, not just because of analytical or intellectual differences but, because hardly anyone is as patient as he is. Buffett did not make any major investments for several years in the early 80′s and early 70′s, if I recall correctly. I don’t know how many have the patience to do that.

Conversely, you have superinvestors like Martin Whitman who have such a good skill in analyzing balance sheets, that I wonder how many will ever reach anything like his balance sheet skills.

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