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Summary of The Little Book of Value Investing

There are many ways to make money in today’s market, but the one strategy that has truly proven itself over the years is value investing. Now, with The Little Book of Value Investing, Christopher Browne shows you how to use this wealth–building strategy to successfully buy bargain stocks around the world.

Title Information

ISBN:

9780470055892

Pages:

208 pages

Format:

Hardback

Product Code:

23650

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Published:

22/09/2006

Edition:

New title Edition

Press and Industry Reviews

"In value investing, you cannot do better."
- Roger Lowenstein

"Chris Browne is one of the best value investors in the world. What he has to say is always worth paying attention to."
- Barton M. Biggs, Traxis Partners, and author, Hedgehogging

"Legendary value investor Chris Browne derived his skills from Ben Graham and Warren Buffett. His helpful book, filled with common sense and uncommon insights, distills his four decades of experience into a set of guidelines that will make any investor more effective."
- Byron R. Wien, Pequot Capital Management

"Forget Wall Street. It's a promotion machine. Forget almost all books on investing. They won't help you. But this book will. Chris Browne makes sense."
- Jean–Marie Eveillard, former porfolio manager, First Eagle Funds

"Brilliant value investor Chris Browne uses this gem of a book to explain how value investing works, how to understand value in a stock, how to use accounting information on domestic and foreign firms to your advantage, and how to allocate your (hopefully growing!) portfolio over time."
- Glenn Hubbard, Dean and Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School

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About Christopher H. Browne

CHRISTOPHER H. BROWNE is a Managing Director of Tweedy, Browne Company LLC and is a member of the firm's management committee. He is also President of the Tweedy, Browne Funds, a mutual fund group. Browne is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where he serves as a Charter (Life) Trustee. At Penn, he established the Browne Center for International Politics, and the Browne Distinguished Professorships in the School of Arts and Sciences. Mr. Browne served on the faculty advisory committee of Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government program in investment decisions and behavioral finance. He is a trustee of Guild Hall, a regional arts and education center in East Hampton, New York, and of the Long Island Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. Mr. Browne is also a trustee of The Rockefeller University and a member of its executive and investment committees.

Contents of The Little Book of Value Investing

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction

1: Buy Stocks like Steaks . . . On Sale
2: What's It Worth?
3: Belts and Suspenders for Stocks
4: Buy Earnings on the Cheap
5: Buy a Buck for 66 Cents
6: Around the World with 80 Stocks
7: You Don't Need to Go Trekking with Dr. Livingston
8: Watch the Guys in the Know
9: Things That Go Bump in the Market
10: Seek and You Shall Find
11: Sifting Out the Fool's Gold
12: Give the Company a Physical
13: Physical Exam, Part II
14: Send Your Stocks to the Mayo Clinic
15: We Are Not in Kansas Anymore! (When in Rome)
16: Trimming the Hedges
17: It's a Marathon, Not a Sprint
18: Buy and Hold? Really?
19: When Only a Specialist Will Do
20: You Can Lead a Horse to Water, But . . .
21: Stick to Your Guns

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