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Description of The Intelligent Investor

'The Intelligent Investor is the best book ever written for the stockholder' says the author and investment counsellor John Train. Benjamin Graham's classic work offers sound and safe principles for investing - principles that have worked for more than forty years since the first edition was published. With an introduction and appendix by Warren Buffet, one of Graham's most famous students in investing strategy, this book takes account of both the defensive and the enterprising investor.

Title Information

ISBN:

9780060155476

Pages:

340 pages

Format:

Hardback

Product Code:

4669

Publisher:

HarperBusiness

Published:

30/11/-0001

Edition:

4th Edition

Press and Industry Reviews

'By far the best book on investment ever written.'
Warren Buffet

'There have been other good books written about money since 1841, but only a few hold up. The best known and most likely to make you money is The Intelligent Investor.'
Andrew Tobias

'Graham ranks as this century's (and perhaps history's) most important thinker on applied portfolio investment.'
John Train, author of The Money Masters, The New Money Masters and The Craft Of Investing

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Contents of The Intelligent Investor

Preface by Warren Buffett
Introduction: What this book expects to accomplish

1. Investment vs Speculation: Results to be expected by the Intelligent Investor
2. The Investor and Inflation
3. A Century of Stock-Market History: The Level of Stock Prices in Early 1972
4. General Portfolio Policy: The Defensive Investor
5. The Defensive Investor and Common Stocks.
6. Portfolio Policy for the Enterprising Investor: Negative Approach
7. Portfolio Policy for the Enterprising Investor: The Positive Side
8. The Investor and Market Fluctuations
9. Investing in Investment Funds
10. The Investor and His Advisers
11. Security Analysis for the Lay Investor
12. General things to Consider About Per-Share Earnings
13. A Comparison of Four Listed Companies
14. Stock Selection for the Defensive Investor
15. Stock Selection for the Enterprising Investor
16. Convertible Issues and Warrants
17. Four Extremely Instructive Case Histories
18. A Comparison of Eight Pairs of Companies
19. Stockholders and Management: Dividend Policy
20. 'Margin of Safety' as the Central Concept of Investment