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Benjamin Graham (; né Grossbaum; May 9, 1894 – September 21, 1976) was a British-born American economist, professor and investor. He is widely known as the "father of value investing", and wrote two of the founding texts in neoclassical investing: Security Analysis (1934) with David Dodd, and The Intelligent Investor (1949). His investment philosophy stressed investor psychology, minimal debt, buy-and-hold investing, fundamental analysis, concentrated diversification, buying within the margin of safety, activist investing, and contrarian mindsets. After graduating from Columbia University at age 20, he started his career on Wall Street, eventually founding the Graham–Newman Partnership. After employing his former student Warren Buffett, he took up teaching positions at his alma mater, and later at UCLA Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles. His work in managerial economics and investing has led to a modern wave of value investing within mutual funds, hedge funds, diversified holding companies, and other investment vehicles. Throughout his career, Graham had many notable disciples who went on to receive substantial success in the world of investment, including Irving Kahn and Warren Buffett, the latter going on to describe him as the second most influential person in his life after his own father. Another one of Graham's famous students was Sir John Templeton. Early life Graham was born Benjamin Grossbaum in London, England, to Jewish parents. On his mother's side, he was the great-grandson of Rabbi Yaakov Gesundheit and a cousin of neuroscientist Ralph Waldo Gerard. He moved to New York City with his family when he was one year old. The family changed their name from Grossbaum to Graham in a desire to assimilate into American society and avoid anti-Semitic and anti-German sentiments.After the death of his father, who owned and managed a successful furniture store, the family experienced poverty which Graham said later influenced his investing theories by inspiring an early appreciation of buying low-priced bargains. Graham became a good student, graduating as salutatorian of his class at Columbia. He declined an offer to teach English, mathematics, and philosophy, choosing instead to take a job on Wall Street, where he eventually started his Graham-Newman Partnership. Early on, Graham made a name for himself with "The Northern Pipeline Affair", an early case of shareholder activism involving John D. Rockefeller. Graham's research indicated Northern Pipeline Co. held vast cash and bond assets that he believed were not being put to good use, and bought enough shares to force a proxy vote to distribute these assets to shareholders. Investment and academic career His first book, Security Analysis with David Dodd, was published in 1934. In Security Analysis, he proposed a clear definition of investment that was distinguished from what he deemed speculation. It read, "An investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis, promises safety of principal and an adequate return. Operations not meeting these requirements are speculative."Warren Buffett describes The Intelligent Investor (1949) as "the best book about investing ever written." Graham exhorted the stock market participant to first draw a fundamental distinction between investment and speculation. Graham wrote that the owner of equity stocks should regard them first and foremost as conferring part ownership of a business. With that perspective in mind, the stock owner should not be too concerned with erratic fluctuations in stock prices, since in the short term the stock market behaves like a voting machine, but in the long term it acts like a weighing machine (i.e. its true value will be reflected in its stock price in the long run). Graham distinguished between the passive and the active investor. The passive investor, often referred to as a defensive investor, invests cautiously, looks for value stocks, and buys for the long term. The active investor, in contrast, is one who has more time, interest, and possibly more specialized knowledge to seek out exceptional buys in the market. Graham recommended that investors spend time and effort to analyze the financial state of companies. When a company is available on the market at a price which is at a discount to its intrinsic value, a "margin of safety" exists, which makes it suitable for investment. Graham wrote that investment is most intelligent when it is most businesslike. By that he meant that the stock investor is neither right nor wrong because others agreed or disagreed with him; he is right because his facts and analysis are right. Graham's favorite allegory is that of Mr. Market, a fellow who turns up every day at the stock holder's door offering to buy or sell his shares at a different price. Usually, the price quoted by Mr. Market seems plausible, but occasionally it is ridiculous. The investor is free to either agree with his quoted price and trade with him, or to ignore him completely. Mr. Market doesn't mind this, and will be back the following day to quote another price. The point is that the investor should not regard the whims of Mr. Market as determining the value of the shares that the investor owns. He should profit from market folly rather than participate in it. The investor is best off concentrating on the real life performance of his companies and receiving dividends, rather than being too concerned with Mr. Market's often irrational behavior.Graham was critical of the corporations of his day for obfuscated and irregular financial reporting that made it difficult for investors to discern the true state of the business's finances. He was an advocate of dividend payments to shareholders rather than businesses keeping all of their profits as retained earnings. He also criticized those who advised that some types of stocks were a good buy at any price, because of the prospect of sustained stock price growth, without a good analysis of the business's actual financial condition. These observations remain relevant today.Graham's average investment performance was ~20% annualized return over 1936 to 1956. The overall market performance for the same time period was 12.2% annually on average. Despite this, both Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman Charlie Munger consider following Graham's method strictly to be outdated, with Buffett stating during a 1988 interview with journalist Carol Loomis for Fortune, "Boy, if I had listened only to Ben, would I ever be a lot poorer."Graham's largest gain was from GEICO, which his Graham-Newman Partnership purchased 50% of in 1948 for $712,000. The position grew to $400 million by 1972, contributing more to the portfolio than all of Graham-Newman's other investments combined. GEICO was eventually acquired in whole by Berkshire Hathaway in 1996, having previously been saved by Buffett and John J. Byrne in 1976. Death On September 21, 1976, Graham died .... Discover the Benjamin Graham popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Benjamin Graham books.
Best Seller Benjamin Graham Books of January 2023
Frankenstein
Mary ShelleyDecember 31, 1817GetAn Apple Books Classic edition. Mary Shelley was just 18 when she had a nightmare vision: “I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. I saw th...
Wuthering Heights
Emily BrontëNovember 30, 1847GetAn Apple Books Classic edition. If you’ve only ever seen Wuthering Heights on screen, you may have an image of Catherine and Heathcliff as the ultimate star-crossed lovers. But that’s ju...
A Mother for Christmas
Jackie WegerDecember 8, 2020GetDecker Davenport is on a deadline. He has thirty days — Christmas Eve, to be exact — to remodel a St. Augustine Victorian house or the owner will put it back on the market. Not a good ti...
Worth Billions
Lexy TimmsJune 4, 2018GetSmall towns are for small minds. I left for college and never looked back. Ensconced in my luxurious, and lucrative, vineyard, I barely ever spare a thought for my old life. Until I go...
Mistletoe Madness: A Sweet Small Town Christmas Romance (Santa's Secret Helpers, Book 2)
Leeanna MorganApril 21, 2020GetFans of Robyn Carr's Virgin River series will love this small-town, feel-good romance! This Christmas, something magical is happening in Sapphire Bay. Kylie loves everything about Christmas....
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Apple Inc.September 16, 2021GetHere’s everything you need to know about Apple Watch and the Apple Watch app on iPhone, straight from Apple. This definitive guide helps you get started using Apple Watch with watchOS 8 an...
Brant
Jodi BasyeFebruary 14, 2022GetHe's a cranky cowboy trying to save the family ranch. She's a freelance journalist hoping to get a full-time writing gig. What she writes could either make or break him. Brant Cross feels re...
The Irish Cottage: Finding Elizabeth
Juliet GauvinOctober 17, 2015GetA story about losing your way and finding your life. Book 1 of 3. Elizabeth Lara built a perfect life as San Francisco’s top divorce attorney, but when she loses her great-aunt Mags, the w...
Taking a Risk
Lexy TimmsMarch 16, 2019GetDivorced, childless, and jobless at 30. My younger self had it all planned. I would be married by 22—check. Have the dream job after university—check. And a couple of kids to go with the...
10-Minute Social Psychology
Albert RutherfordJune 7, 2020GetWould you like to instantly catch people's thoughts, emotions, motivations, and intentions through mere observation? If yes, you've come to the right place! 10-Minute So...
Fighter's Frenemy
A. RiversMarch 31, 2022GetI've craved his love for years, but I was invisible to him. Now that I'm ready to move on, he suddenly sees me. And he won't let me go. As the shy, plus-size twin sister of a professional ca...
Dream Psychology
Sigmund FreudNovember 1, 1899GetAn Apple Books Classic edition. Written by the founding father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud’s 1899 book is the definitive text on learning to interpret dreams. Freud’s groundbreaking...
Habits
Ronald A. ValentinoJanuary 31, 2016GetWant to learn how to be part of the 5% that seem to get everything they want? Look no further this book has the answer that will completely transform your life by teaching you the tech...
Complicate Me: Reid & Sienna #1
Claire RayeJuly 8, 2020GetComplicate Me is book one of Reid and Sienna’s duet and book one in the Hawthorn Hills Duet Series. A two-part, angst-filled, slow-burn, epic love story. Complicate Me must be read before ...
Seascapes and Vegas Mistakes
Kay LyonsApril 18, 2022GetWhen a Las Vegas prank turns into an accidental and very legal marriage, Isabel Shipley is dead set on getting a discreet and hasty divorce. The last thing the struggling artist wants is to ...
Moby Dick
Herman MelvilleOctober 17, 1851GetAn Apple Books Classic edition. Herman Melville’s classic begins with one of the most famous opening lines in world literature: “Call me Ishmael.” Moby Dick was a commercial failure wh...
Baking Bad - A Cozy Mystery (With Dragons)
Kim M. WattNovember 4, 2018GetA tranquil village. A poisoned cupcake. A murdered vicar. A simple case - or it should be. But all clues point to the Toot Hansell Women's Institute, and Detective Inspector Adams is about t...
The Farthest Star
A.R. KnightSeptember 22, 2020GetIn the far future, a dormant android awakes on a vast starship to find humanity's last hopes rest with him. Launched to carry the human species across the galaxy, Starship's generati...
Let's Taco Bout It
Matthew RyanOctober 1, 2014GetMr Taco is feeling sad, it’s not easy being a little taco when everything around you is so BIG! Luckily, Patrick has a few ideas to help his friend... ———— NOT YOUR REGULAR S...
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Apple Inc.September 12, 2022GetHere’s everything you need to know about iPhone, straight from Apple. This definitive guide helps you get started using iPhone with iOS 16 and discover all the amazing things it can do.
Dirty Wild Sultan - A Steamy Marriage of Convenience Royal Romance
Mahi MistryJuly 7, 2022GetHe is my only chance at freedom. She is the daughter of my enemy. Will their love survive? Zain As the Sultan of one of the most powerful country in Middle-East, I need to find my Sultana. B...
The Missing Ones
Patricia GibneyMarch 16, 2017GetThe hole they dug was not deep. A white flour bag encased the little body. Three small faces watched from the window, eyes black with terror. The child in the middle spoke without tur...
Fat Cat Finds a Home
Michelle SmithFebruary 20, 2015GetAfter ten years of love from her previous owner, poor Fat Cat finds herself alone and looking for a new home. Will she ever leave the adoption shelter? Even at ten years old, Fat Cat still h...
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale CarnegieJuly 7, 2022GetHow to Win Friends and Influence People is a self-help book written by Dale Carnegie, first published in 1936. Over 30 million copies have been sold worldwide, making it one of the best-sell...
Already Gone (A Laura Frost FBI Suspense Thriller—Book 1)
Blake PierceMay 11, 2021GetHaunted by visions of the future, FBI Special Agent Laura Frost must tap her psychic talent to hunt diabolical serial killers—while keeping it secret from everyone around her. But with a t...
Mr. Mayfair
Louise BayOctober 1, 2019GetMy boyfriend is getting married. Okay, technically he's my ex-boyfriend. Two months ago he decided he wanted a break. I still thought he was my happily ever after. On any other day, knowing ...
Become A Better Version of Yourself
Ben LeightonFebruary 22, 2015GetThis ebook contains golden nuggets on how to motivate, inspire and improve your current situation. It encompasses the holistic view of self improvement from mental& emotional wellbeing, ...
How to Find Peace
Beau NortonSeptember 23, 2015GetShatter the Illusions and Discover the Truth To 'know about' something is very different from KNOWING it. Perhaps you have some spiritual knowledge, but how often do you experience ...
Sisters (Sun Valley Series, Book 1)
Kellie Coates GilbertMarch 2, 2017GetSet in America’s original ski resort, Sun Valley, Idaho— SISTERS offers a thought-provoking look at three women . . . and the choices they make when they realize their lives aren’t exa...
What Lies Beneath
Adam CroftJuly 28, 2020GetThe first in a stunning new crime series from 2m+ international bestseller Adam Croft. A peaceful Sunday morning in Rutland is shattered when a dead body is discovered on the rocks at Norman...
Finally You
Claudia BurgoaOctober 11, 2021GetUSA TODAY Bestselling Author Claudia Burgoa brings us a snarky and sassy small-town romantic comedy full of a swoon-worthy billionaire, a second chance romance and big laughs. Sometimes what...
The Ultimate 7 Steps to Awaken Your Alpha Male: How to Conquer Negative Thinking, Become Fearless, Master Confidence, Improve Your Life, Follow Your Passion and Attract Women
Keith BraxtonJuly 21, 2015GetIt’s Time to Unleash the Alpha Male Within You! By the end of this book, I expect you to be able to hold your head up high, laugh at your own fears, embrace your passions, find your desire...
The Art of War
Sun TzuOctober 4, 2010GetAn Apple Books Classic edition. It’s believed that Sun Tzu wrote this Chinese military primer during the 5th century BC-hundreds of years before the Bible. The book’s 13 chapters explore...
Shiftless
Aimee EasterlingOctober 24, 2014GetTerra is shiftless --- a werewolf uncomfortable in her own animal skin. A decade after learning to squash her wolf and flee the repressive village where she grew up, the packless ache still ...
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Library Books 1.1
Eric CarleMay 24, 2017GetThis is the series of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Little Learning Library Books. This book with Audio has been created as a university project for my last year. I have created lyrics and mus...
The Chronicles of Narnia Complete 7-Book Collection
C. S. LewisDecember 9, 2022GetThe Chronicles of Narnia Complete 7-Book Collection includes: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) Prince Caspian (1951) The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952) The Silver Chair (1953) ...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan DoyleOctober 14, 1892GetAn Apple Books Classic You get not one, not two, but 25 gripping mysteries in Arthur Conan Doyle’s first of five collections of Sherlock Holmes short stories. Follow the brilliant and ecce...
Cruel Captor
Kaye BlueDecember 17, 2021GetI’ve become the mafia’s most feared enforcer for a single purpose. Revenge. Now I have it my grasp, and she’s the key. Take her. Use her. Discard her. Why do I care that she’s innoce...
Pride and Prejudice
Jane AustenJanuary 28, 1813GetAn Apple Books Classic edition. Jane Austen’s beloved classic opens with this witty and very memorable line: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a...
Lady Danger
Glynnis CampbellOctober 12, 2014GetOver 250,000 copies read worldwide! The Warrior Maids of Rivenloch... Damsels in shining armor...riding to the rescue! Deirdre, Helena, and Miriel, three kick-arse Scots wenches known as The...
Herbs and Homicide
Carly WinterJune 9, 2022Get5 stars, Liz Konkel of Readers' Favorite: The story has an upbeat tone that is typical of the cozy genre though Winter adds a unique quality to it through the use of herbs. The characte...
Seduction Island
Autumn GazeNovember 30, 2022GetYou cannot escape the reality of tomorrow by evading it today… Ethan Mitchell flees New York to Oahu to escape a family scandal. He doesn't want to be a part of it. He ends up meeting Ava ...
Holy Bible
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsMarch 1, 2013GetThe 2013 edition of the Holy Bible contains all of the study aids contained in the 1979 edition and includes revisions to the study aids, several new photos, updated maps, and adjustments to...
The Art Of Letting Go
Thought CatalogFebruary 29, 2016GetWe often struggle to let some people go especially when they made that decision. We question the universe, we question ourselves and we question everyone around us but we never truly get our...
Hunting Season
Kate RudolphApril 5, 2021GetThis werewolf will protect his mate. Owen has one job: keep Stasia from being abducted. Easier said than done when his fiercely independent client tries to fire him the moment they meet. His...
Nowhere Safe (A Harley Cole FBI Suspense Thriller—Book 1)
Kate BoldSeptember 1, 2022Get“This is an excellent book… When you start reading, be sure you don’t have to wake up early!” —Reader review for The Killing Game FBI BAU special agent Harley Cole, as brilliant as...
The Art of Logical Thinking
William Walker AtkinsonFebruary 28, 2013GetAtkinson talks about successful pedagogical approach, guiding through the fundamental elements of formal deductive logic, classification and definition, fallacies, basic argument analysis, i...
iPad User Guide
Apple Inc.October 24, 2022GetHere’s everything you need to know about iPad, straight from Apple. This definitive guide helps you get started using iPad with iPadOS 16 and discover all the amazing things it can do.
The Cowgirl's Forever Love
Vivian ArendMay 21, 2019GetReturn to Heart Falls—a place for family, friends, and falling in love. The first stand alone novel in a new trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Vivian Arend. Lisa C...
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