单选题
Walter Schloss was by no means a celebrity. He was never a face on financial television programs,
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was he known for marketing his skills to investors. His death last month, at the age of 95,
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little public comment but among a certain crowd it meant the
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of a mind that was brave, independent and
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distinct from much of modern finance.
Mr. Schloss was part of a small group who worked with Benjamin Graham, a Columbia Business School professor whose most famous
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is Warren Buffett. Mr. Schloss did not spend time
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corporate managers. His research team doubled in size when his son joined. He favored discarded "cigar butt" stocks that could be
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off the floor. Often, they weren"t worth much but they sold for far
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.
As for high-flying shares, he was not afraid to go
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. During the late 1990s, when a "new era" caused many people to
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any normal valuation measures as hopelessly
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, Mr. Schloss stayed
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and bet against some of the most popular and inflated names.
In part, he could do so
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a famous cost saving structure. In part, he was protected by an extraordinary long-term record. When he
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managing money for outsiders, his returns were reported to have
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16% annually, six percentage points higher than the market. He had other
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, too. In 1999, when his portfolio was composed of everything no one wanted, he was asked how,
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his own convictions were unshaken, he could ensure that his investors
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with him. Being a true
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required just one rule, he said: "
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tell a client what they own."
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 逻辑衔接和固定搭配题。本句前半部分“never a face...”后接“was he known”的倒装句,只能搭配“nor”表示“既不……也不……”。原文意为“Walter Schloss既不常出现在财经类电视节目中,也不得名于给投资者推销技巧。”因此D项为正确答案。