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Irving Kahn Biography

Irving Kahn (December 19, 1905 – February 24, 2015) was an American investor and philanthropist. He was the oldest living active investor. He was an early disciple of Benjamin Graham, the creator of the value investing methodology. Kahn began his career in 1928 and continued to work until his death. He was chairman of Kahn Brothers Group, Inc., the privately owned investment advisory and broker-dealer firm that he founded with his sons, Thomas and Alan, in 1978.

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Investors must remember that their first job is to preserve their capital. After they've dealt with that, they can approach the second job, seeking a return on that capital.

Dealt, Firsts, Job, Jobs, Return, Seeking

I'm at the stage in life where I get a lot of pleasure out of finding a cheap stock.

Cheap, Findings, Life, Pleasure, Stage, Stock

Real investors should never feel bearish because the time to buy value is when markets go down!

Bearish, Feels, Real, Should, Time

Don't depend on recent or current figures to forecast future prices; remember that many others knew them before you did

Current, Currents, Figures, Future, Remember

You must have the discipline and temperament to resist your impulses. Human beings have precisely the wrong instincts when it comes to the markets. If you recognise this, you can resist the urge to buy into a rally and sell into a decline. It’s also helpful to remember the power of compounding. You don’t need to stretch for returns to grow your capital over the course of your life.

Beings, Discipline, Needs, Precisely, Return, Temperament

I stopped wasting time on what [other] people claimed a stock was worth and started looking at the numbers.

Claimed, Numbers, People, Stock, Wasting Time, Worth

This may surprise you, but there were a large number of valuable buys during the Depression.

Depression, May, Numbers, Surprise, Valuable

The Depression taught me what frugality means and the importance of not losing money.

Depression, Importance, Losing, Mean, Taught

Investors have no reason to feel bearish. True value investors are glad the markets are down.

Down, Feels, Glad, Reason, Value

It is very important to have a widespread curiosity about life.

Curiosity, Important, Life, Widespread