FATHER OF VALUE INVESTING

It all started with Ben!! Warren Buffett is widely considered to be one of the greatest investors of all time, but if you were to ask him who he thinks is the greatest investor, he would probably mention one man: his teacher Benjamin Graham. Graham was an investor and investing mentor who is generally considered to be the father of security analysis and value investing.

His ideas and methods on investing are well documented in his books Security Analysis (1934) and The Intelligent Investor (1949), which are two of the most famous investing books. These texts are often considered to be requisite reading material for any investor, but they aren’t easy reads. Here, we’ll condense Graham’s main investing principles and give you a head start on understanding his winning philosophy.

SOME USEFUL LINKS:

BENJAMIN GRAHAM – BUFFETT’S MENTOR

Ben Graham on the Role of Intrinsic Value in Analyzing Stocks (Part 1)

Ben Graham on the Role of Intrinsic Value in Analyzing Stocks (Part 2)

Some Reflections on Chapter 8 of The Intelligent Investor (Part 1)

Some Reflections on Chapter 8 of The Intelligent Investor (Part 2)

EDUCATION:

Columbia University

PROFESSIONAL:

Graham Partnership

BOOKS

Security Analysis, editions 1934, 1940, 1951, 1962, 1988 and 2008

The Intelligent Investor

Storage and Stability: A Modern Ever-normal Granary

The Interpretation of Financial Statements

World Commodities and World Currency

Benjamin Graham, the memoirs of the dean of Wall Street

*Source: Benjamin Graham: Three Timeless Principles