The Intelligent Investor

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What this book expects to accomplish -- Investment versus speculation, results to be expected by the intelligent investor -- Investor and inflation -- Century of stock-market history, the level of stock prices in early 1972 -- General portfolio policy, the defensive investor -- Defensive investor and common stocks -- Portfolio policy for the enterprising investor, negative approach -- Portfolio policy for the enterprising investor, the positive side -- Investor and market fluctuations -- Investing in investment funds -- Investor and his advisers -- Security analysis for the lay investor, general approach -- Things to consider about per-share earnings -- Comparison of four listed companies -- Stock selection for the defensive investor -- Stock selection for the enterprising investor -- Convertible issues and warrants -- Four extremely instructive case histories -- Comparison of eight pairs of companies -- Shareholders and managements, dividend policy -- "Margin of safety" as the central concept of investment -- Postscript -- Appendixes: Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville; Important rules concerning taxability of investment income and security transactions, in 1972; Basics of investment taxation, updated as of 2003; New speculation in common stocks; Case history, Aetna Maintenance Co.; Tax accounting for NVF's acquisition of Sharon Steel shares; Technological companies as investments.
Over the years, market developments have proven the wisdom of Graham's strategies. While preserving the integrity of Graham's original text, this revised edition includes updated commentary by noted financial journalist Jason Zweig, whose perspective incorporates the realities of today's market, draws parallels between Graham's examples and today's financial headlines, and gives readers a more thorough understanding of how to apply Graham's principles.-Back cover.

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Classic submitted by Cherrytreelane on June 27, 2017, 3:54pm Comes highly recommended as one of the classic books on investing.

Helpful investing book submitted by momreset on July 27, 2021, 12:33pm I am new to investing and this book gives interesting help to learn and understand

Requires some prior hand knowledge submitted by Memoria1224 on August 28, 2021, 6:34am Great book for those interested in investing, but some of the financial information may require prior hand knowledge.