Thanks to the early 1930s and the behavior of the capitalists in the robberbaron days... stocks yielded dividends that were twice as much as the interestrates on bonds. It was a wonderfulperiod to be buying stocks.
Ben Graham had a lot to learn as an investor.His idea of how to value companies were all shaped by how the GreatCrash and the Depression almost destroyed him... It left him with an aftermathof fear for the rest of his life, and all his methods were designed to keepthat at bay.
You have to be very patient, you have to wait until something comes along,which, at the price you're paying, is easy.That's contrary to human nature, just to sit there all day long doingnothing, waiting.
If you're not willing to react with equanimity to a market price decline of 50%two or three times a century you're not fit to be a common shareholder and youdeserve the mediocre result you're going to get compare to the people who dohave the temperament.