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Stocks 507: Great Investors: Others in the Hall of Fame

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1.
Whom did Bill Ruane study under?
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Ben Graham. Ruane studied under Graham.
2.
A good description of the stocks that Marty Whitman liked to buy would be "distressed and beaten up."
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True. He looked for stocks that had suffered greatly and then bought them cheaply.
3.
Ralph Wanger is known for investing according to _______.
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Themes. For example, if money is accumulating in one part of the world, he would look into businesses that serve that part of the world.
4.
In Bill Miller's professional portfolio, pricey Internet stocks rub elbows with _______.
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None of the above. Miller likes to mix a lot of styles.
5.
Charlie Munger was _______.
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Vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway.
6.
One of Bill Nygren's methods for choosing stocks involves the 80/20 rule.
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True. Nygren looks for stocks where 80% of the commentary about a company revolves around a part that contributes only about 20% of the profits.