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For decades, Security Analysis by Ben Graham and David Dodd has been considered a must read and with good reason. The book is widely considered a classic due to in large part for introducing a framework that is considered businesslike opposed to the speculative nature that Wall Street was used to at the time. The [...]
Tough week. Everything I read about bear markets seems to be coming true. It is one thing to read about how investors rush to the same exit and its another thing to actually experience it. Is it time to sell! sell! sell! or time to buy! buy! buy!?
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What a week for value investors. First, Buffett and his cult following headed for Omaha for the annual meeting and then
McGraw-Hill announces they will publish 75th Anniversary Edition of Graham and Dodd’s Security Analysis. Of course, the former received more media attention than the latter but in my opinion, the latter is of greater [...]
Surprisingly, Value Investing at one point did not exist. At the turn of the 20th century, Wall Street was a place where insider information and speculation ruled.It was until a man by the name of Benjamin Grossbaum brought structure to a rather lethargic Wall Street. Below is a list of defining moments that in my [...]