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What reason did seth klarman have for not allowing his book to be printed anymore. Dec 04, 2018 margin of safety the best value investing book out there we make a summary chapter by chapter. Riskaverse value investing strategies for the thoughtful investor is a name of a book written by sethklarman, a successful value investor and president of. The idea of margin of safety came when a business school classmate called me up and said, hey seth, virginia smith here, im working for harpercollins and theyve asked me to find aspiring authors. Sep 07, 2015 the idea of margin of safety came when a business school classmate called me up and said, hey seth, virginia smith here, im working for harpercollins and theyve asked me to find aspiring authors.
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