Thursday, September 30, 2010

Reasons for Holding onto a Security

Reasons for Holding onto a Security

by Warren Buffett

We do not sell holdings just because they have appreciated or because we have held them for a long time. (Of Wall Street maxims the most foolish may be "You can't go broke taking a profit.") We are quite content to hold any security indefinitely, so long as the prospective return on equity capital of the underlying business is satisfactory,management is competent and honest, and the marketdoes not overvalue the business.