The Intelligent Investor (Revised Edition, Collins Business Essentials)

by Benjamin Graham, Jason Zweig
The Intelligent Investor (Revised Edition, Collins Business Essentials)
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360 ratings, 4.22 average rating, 83 reviews (more data...)
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July 1st 2003 by Collins

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Paperback, 640 pages

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0060555661    (isbn13: 9780060555665)

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Among the library of investment books promising no-fail strategies for riches, Benjamin Graham's classic, The Intelligent Investor, offers no guarante...more




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Andy
09/03/08
Andy rated it: 3 of 5 stars

bookshelves: nonfiction
Read in January, 2005
The classic book on investing by the man who taught Warren Buffett. Originally written 50 years ago, and it is still relevant. The same lessons applied to specific industries and companies at the time of the writing have obvious parallels to different industries and companies today.

And there are some radical ideas, despite it's age, that fly in the face of "conventional wisdom". The most important example in my opinion was the idea of how much risk you should have in your i...more
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Brent
11/09/08
Brent rated it: 5 of 5 stars

OK, the recent stock market drops scared me. I got hit by the drops in 99 and said I would never let it happen again. This time I had what I thought would be value stocks. The problem was I didn't know if I should sell or hold the stocks. So for $8 I bought a used copy of Ben Graham's book. I stopped reading my other book and read this book like crazy.

It was the best $8 ever spent. It teaches you some basics about the behavior of the market and it teaches you to be very careful...more
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Dave Maddock
10/26/08
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bookshelves: own
I've started this book, but haven't made much traction.

As a manual for value investing it seems more hype than practical because the main text is rather dated. The end of each chapter has commentary which attempts to rectify that problem, but with limited success--at least in the early sections I read. If your main concern is just to read a highly regarded financial book, this is definitely it though.
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Phil
06/23/09
Phil rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in January, 2008
It's amazing that this book is still relevant after so many years. Graham uses 100 years of stock market data to humble and convince you that you never know what the market will do and if you ever start thinking you do know, be careful. Based on the idea that you don't know, he then builds common sense strategy for investment.

The newest edition as been updated with a chapter of commentary after each of Graham's original chapters that attempts to discuss how Graham's advice would ...more
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Jerome Espinosa Baladad
12/27/08
Jerome Espinosa Baladad rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Has a copy to sell/swap — Read in March, 2009
My friend who's also a book reader was surprised at me reading a book as "boring" as this one. I actually bought it months after the news on the meltdown of banks and financial institutions have settled down. I wanted to review what I learned about Financial Management including "investing" from MBA school (having finished mine in 2001). I took my own sweet time reading and re-reading this, most of which time I spent while traveling to and fro the subway to my daily destina...more
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Stevie
02/05/08
Stevie rated it: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: business, secular
Has a copy to sell/swap — Read in February, 2009
This was a very enjoyable and educational book on investing. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to have a better understanding of a good philosophy of investing.

Poignant Quotes:

The defensive (or passive) investor will place his chief emphasis on the avoidance of serious mistakes or losses. His second aim will be freedom from effot, annoyance, and the need for making frequent decisions. The determining trait of the enterprising (active/aggressive) investor is his ...more
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Stuart
10/26/07
Stuart rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Has a copy to sell/swap — Read in October, 2007
recommends it for: you if you are REALLY serious about investing your money yourself intelligently.
Benjamin Graham was Warren Buffett's mentor. Buffett has said that if you want to learn how to invest, this is the book you should read. If you listen to Buffett in interviews, or read a Buffett biography, the key recommendations Buffett makes stem almost exclusively from the principles outlined in detail in this book. And, oh yeah, Warren Buffett is the most successful investor of all time.

Graham is by far the most intelligent writer on investment advice that I have ever read. H...more
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DJ
08/13/07
DJ rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in August, 2007
recommends it for: all investors
No book, perhaps besides Peter Lynch's 'Beating the Street' has more heavily influenced my behavior as an investor. My notes while reading:

Learn a business inside and out BEFORE you invest in it.
Share price does not equal company value. Share price equals Wall Street's appraisal.

Bask in the dopamine of price hikes - but don't buy.
Ignore the 'fight or flight' amygdala response of price declines - and don't sell.

Don't ignore Mr. Market. Just do bu...more
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Robert Rubin
08/06/07
Robert Rubin rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in January, 2004
recommends it for: any investor
This is the essential book about value investing. Graham (the teacher and first employer of Warren Buffet) was a polymath genius who ran one of the most successful funds in history, and then joined the faculty of the Columbia Business School. Of his three books, this is the one intended for the non-professional. It holds all the essential ideas of value investing, a school of thought which Graham was first to elaborate. Even now, some 50 years after its first edition, it remains the bible of val...more
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Kathy
12/31/08
Kathy rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Just started. Heavy reading, but a wonderful history lesson in the stock market, made all the more prescient by current events. Crucial review of how to buy and sell stocks: Remember--it's buy low, sell high. Many people think that's what they're doing, but in fact they're doing the opposite. Overall, it's reinforced the need for me to remember to diversify my portfolio (what portfolio?!?) with bonds, not just stocks.
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Cyril
06/29/08
Cyril rated it: 4 of 5 stars

I unfortunately first entered the stock market in the frenzy of the 1990s. I felt brilliant as my stock picks skyrocketed and like an idiot when they collapsed. The second adjective more accurately described what I knew about investing. I had heard about this book for some time and finally got around to reading it. It provides a common sense, basic approach to investing. Benjamin Graham writes in the gentlemanly style of the early twentieth century and covers a lot of fundamental topics. His pas...more
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Ben
03/02/08
Ben rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in March, 2005
recommends it for: money makers, gamblers, stock investors, investors, risk takers
I recently scoured my dusty bookshelf and saw this book "The Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham, and it reminded me that my memory was bad. All I could remembered was that this book was extremely hard to follow and was also very hard to finish. The book got complicated riddles and could put you to sleep if you aren't passionate enough about investing.

If you read the book carefully enough, the stuffs that are residing in this book could help you make wise decisions f...more
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Arif Widianto
12/30/08
Arif Widianto added it

Read in October, 2008
My favorite book ever for investing. Allows you to set your mindset before taking any further action on investing. Very brief, easy reading even for non-economic person like me. Ben Graham is also the teacher of famous investor Warren Buffet. Highly recommended!
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Suman
07/19/07
Suman rated it: 3 of 5 stars

Read in May, 2007
recommends it for: anyone interested in investing
This is the classic text on investing, and with good reason. Benjamin Graham advocates a quantitative and common-sense approach to investing. It requires a great deal of discipline from the investor as the stock market fluctuates and sharp eye always looking for the correct price to purchase a security. He even does some elementary security analysis, but the book is much better at describing the mindset required.

The problem I had with the book is that Graham's quantitative approach i...more
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Sachin
02/28/09
Sachin rated it: 3 of 5 stars

Not sure how relevant it is to the current market. But, the basic principles and worth remembering. It is probably a great read for someone who has no clue about market instruments.
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Jessica
03/15/09
Jessica marked it as to-read

To read #3: To read #3: The classic book on investing. How valuation should be made in securities investing. The book that made Warren Buffet $40 Billion.
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Bryce Cropper
05/19/09
Bryce Cropper is currently reading it

bookshelves: currently-reading
I've been slowly working on this one. I want to learn more about investing and this appears to be one of the classic works that everyone references.
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Chase Wimberly
01/08/09
Chase Wimberly rated it: 5 of 5 stars

bookshelves: currently-reading
this is the bible for value investing written by benjamin graham, the man who mentored warren buffet. the list of notes i've taken so far is long.
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Chaz
04/26/07
Chaz rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in June, 2006
recommends it for: Everyone
Curious about the world of investing? Want to know what's really up. The Intelligent Investor is THE seminal work on value investing. Benjamin Graham's epic tomb will enlighten readers with its humble and wise approach to life, psychology, and the pursuit of happiness. Graham reveals that all the tricks and esoteric practices of investment bankers and brokers are mostly for show. Intelligent investors recognize that trying to beat the market is a fool's errand. Want to know how to get rich...more
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Army Alghifari
05/22/09
Army Alghifari is currently reading it

bookshelves: currently-reading
Read in March, 2009
this book maybe will teach me the logical mind of ben graham to be value investor
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