Here are insights into nine of the most successful investors of our time -- Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett, John Templeton, and Philip Fisher, among others. In these fascinating profiles John Train reveals the unique investment styles that have made each a master: the traits that distinguish them from the crowd and the techniques that create the single characteristic unifying them all -- "consisently profitable investments. Their methods, Train reveals, include those both the nonprofessional and the seasoned investor can apply for profit.
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Introduction 1. Warren Buffett: A share in a business 2. Paul Cabot: The Realist 3. Philip Fisher: Investment Engineer 4. Benjamin Graham: The Navigator Footnote to Graham - Tweedy, Browne: The Pawnbrokers 5. Stanley Kroll: 'We who are about to die ....' 6. T. Rowe Price: Fertile fields for growth 7. John Templeton: To everything there is a season 8. Larry Tisch: The Pragmatist 9. Robert Wilson: Pumping up the tulips 10. The Masters Compared 11. Conclusions Appendices