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description: "Wanting stocks to keep rising is greed, and wanting good things to be sold cheaply is also greed. Trying to buy at the absolute bottom is blind confidence, and expecting a drop to previous lows is the anchoring effect.Excessively pursuing a margin of safety in value investing is putting the cart before the horse; it's like marking the boat to find a lost sword in the 1930s.Even in the long run, the company you choose is more important than the timing of your choice. Being off by 10% or 20% won't matter in 10 or 20 years. What matters is the will to act."
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# Wanting stocks to keep rising is greed, and wantin…