If I were not a child with my parents, they would be more unloving toward me. - Ivy Compton-Burnett - Quotesmemo.com

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My goal is to buy a company at a low multiple to normal earnings power several years out and that the company earns good returns on capital at that level of normal earnings. A holding period of more than one year also works quite well as the factors are persistent in years 2 and 3.

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Ivy Compton-Burnett

If I were not a child with my parents, they would be more unloving toward me.

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