Benjamin Graham, Building a Profession: The Early Writings of the Father of Security Analysis Contributor(s): Zweig, Jason (Author) |
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ISBN: 007163326X ISBN-13: 9780071633260 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies OUR PRICE: $45.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Investments & Securities - General - Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History - General - Business & Economics | Finance - General |
Dewey: 332.6 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.58" W x 9.24" (1.34 lbs) 352 pages |
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Publisher Description: How One Man Created a Profession--and Entirely Transformed the World of Investing "The small list of investment books that must grace the library of any serious investor--not to gather dust, but to be opened over and over again--just grew by one. This wonderful compilation of the wit and wisdom of Benjamin Graham is the new addition. Savor it. Learn from it. Treasure it." "If youth is measured by creativity and excitement about new ideas and a thirst for learning, then Ben Graham-in his early 80s-was the youngest guy in the room when two-dozen stellar investment managers met for three days to explain the inner workings of investment management." "These writings, spanning over 30 years, help us understand even better the remarkable achievement of this visionary man and his lasting influence on the finance profession." "Investing involves the intelligent triangulation between fundamentals, psychology, and prices. Benjamin Graham, Building a Profession . . . illustrates how this investment legend never stopped thinking about this multi-dimensional challenge." "Serious professionals in the investment business will delight in pouring over this and checking their own thoughts against those of the master." "This is a must-read for anyone interested in the history and development of our profession and the importance of critical investment thinking." "Some investors ('the happy few') know that Ben Graham's writings on financial analysis give them a leg up. So they will want to read this book, and other investors should." "The CFA Institute and Jason Zweig have performed an invaluable service to our profession in collecting these writings] in one volume." About the Book: When Benjamin Graham began working on Wall Street in 1914, the center of American finance resembled a lawless frontier. The concept of regulatory laws was in its infancy, the SEC wouldn't see the light of day for 20 years, and many firms hid assets and earnings from nosy outsiders. And security analysts didn't exist as we know them. They were called "diagnosticians," and they didn't do much analyzing. These investors prided themselves on going with the "feel" of the market, and most of them rarely looked at a financial statement. Appalled by the lack of research and quantification, Benjamin Graham set out to change all this--and ended up creating the discipline of modern security analysis. A collection of rare writings by and interviews with one of financial history's most brilliant visionaries, Benjamin Graham, Building a Profession presents Graham's evolution of ideas on security analysis spanning five decades. Articles include:
These pages reveal the revolutionary ideas of a man who didn't so much find his calling as he created it from scratch--and opened the door for entire generations of investors. |
Contributor Bio(s): Zweig, Jason: - Jason Zweig writes the "Intelligent Investor" column for The Wall Street Journal. He has been a senior writer at Money, mutual funds editor at Forbes, and guest columnist at Time and CNN.com. Zweig is the editor of the 2003 revised edition of Benjamin Graham's book The Intelligent Investor and the author of Your Money and Your Brain (2007). |