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The concept of margin of safety—buying assets for less than their intrinsic worth—is fundamental. The speaker advocates for assessing investments as if investing for a trillion-dollar family, asking whether they would be comfortable allocating a significant portion of that wealth to a particular company. If the answer is no, then the investment is risky or insubstantial.
This mindset aligns with Benjamin Graham's philosophy, emphasizing that investing is akin to buying a business rather than just pieces of paper or stock tickers. Investors should be deeply familiar with the business's value and potential rather than chasing fleeting market trends.