securities.
A common mistake a lot of investors make is to buy a stock solely because the P/E ratio looks cheap. There is
usually a very good reason why a P/E ratio is low. Many years ago, when I was first beginning to study the market, I
bought Northrop at four times earnings and watched in disbelief as the stock eventually
declined to two times
earnings.
Another common mistake is selling stocks with high P/E ratios. I still remember in 1962
when an investor
barged into my friend's brokerage office, declaring in a loud voice that Xerox was drastically overpriced because it
was selling at fifty times earnings. He went short at $88. Xerox eventually went to $1,300, adjusting for stock splits.
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