Do Not Let Headlines and News Scare You Out of Investing in Great Businesses

Added: 2026-05-23

Benjamin Graham's famous quote 'In the short run, the market is a voting machine, but in the long run, it is a weighing machine' explains that stock prices in the short term are driven by emotions, headlines, and sentiment (like a voting machine), but over the long term, the market eventually reflects the true fundamental value of businesses based on their actual earnings, cash flow, and performance (like a weighing machine).