My firm's approach is to seek situations where there is urgent, panicked or mindless selling. As Warren Buffett has said, "If you are at a poker table and can't figure out who the patsy is, it's you." In investing, we never want to be the patsy. So rather than buy from smart, informed sellers, we want to buy from urgent, distressed or emotional sellers. This concept applies to just about any asset class: debt, real estate, private equity, as well as public equities.

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