Most people think of risk as the probability of losing money. But the real risk is the permanent impairment of capital — a temporary price decline is not a loss unless you sell. The investor who confuses volatility with risk will systematically sell at exactly the wrong moment.

Seth Klarman, Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor (1991)
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@underscored·August 26, 2026