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The margin of safety is thought of as a margin for being wrong. A margin of safety is necessary because valuation is an imprecise art, the future is unpredictable, and investors are human and make mistakes. Pretty much, one of the few mustreads about value investing. And to his credit, this margin of safety pdf download is the 30 biggest ideas extracted from klarmans margin of safety. Lessons from seth klarmans margin of safety book on. Riskaverse value investing strategies for the thoughtful investor, the 1991 classic by baupost groups seth.
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