How could economics not be behavioral? If it isn't behavioral, what the hell is it?
Charlie MungerRead
You must value the business in order to value the stock.
Interpretation
Understanding a business is crucial to properly valuing its stock.
Charlie Munger emphasizes that to accurately assess the worth of a company's stock, one must first appreciate the underlying business itself. This perspective highlights the importance of grasping the fundamentals of a business, such as its operations, market position, and potential for growth, before investing.
In practice
In a finance seminar discussing investment strategies.
How could economics not be behavioral? If it isn't behavioral, what the hell is it?
The world of derivatives is full of holes that very few people are really aware of. It's like hydrogen and oxygen sitting on the corner waiting for a little flame.
I believe in the discipline of mastering the best that other people have ever figured out. I don't believe in just sitting down and trying to dream it all up yourself. Nobody's that smart.
Economics is in many respects the queen of the soft sciences. It's expected to be better than the rest. It's my view that economics is better at the multi-disciplinary stuff than the rest of the soft science. And it's also my view that it's still lousy.
Look at this generation, with all of its electronic devices and multitasking. I will confidently predict less success than Warren, who just focused on reading.
Economics profession, they've been - they've been confident in various formulas, but economics is not physics. The same formula that works in one decade doesn't work in the next. Economics is a difficult subject.
I don't think I have achieved anything that I can really be proud of.
The primary reason for failure is that people do not develop new _x000D_ plans to replace those plans that didn't work.
Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.
Business is a game, and as with all games, the team that puts the best people on the field and gets them playing together wins. It's that simple.
This is a perverse thing, personally, but I would rather be in the cycle where people are underestimating us. It gives us latitude to go out and make big bets that excite and amaze people.
I'm the one who has made all the sacrifices. Those are my American records, not the country's.
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