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DAVID LANSDOWNE IS ASKED IF HE EMBRACES THE STYLE OF ANY particular investor, a Warren Buffett or a Peter Lynch. He pauses.

"This is a business that you can easily get caught up in 'group-think,'" he says. "It's self-reinforcing. If everybody has the same opinion in the investment business, the only thing that's probably going to change is price. And if you've overpaid for something ... that can be pretty disastrous.

"I think rather than trying to pinpoint one (investment style) exactly, it's an appreciation for making your own decisions."

Lansdowne is president of Tempest Investment Counselors Inc., an investment advisory firm in Denver that ...

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