The Intelligent Investor: Benjamin Graham and Jason Zweig's Definitive Guide to Value Investing (Revised Edition)

Danny V.: Mostly talks about long term investment and ideas

India on Nov 07, 2023

Mandy: Good reading & damn cheap just ₹299/- was almost abt to buy it at three times the cost at bookstore !

India on Nov 03, 2023

Brian Stebbings: This is the best book I have found to learn about investing. As a beginner this book was really usefull, but I will also use it as a guide as I continue my investing journey.

United Kingdom on Nov 02, 2023

Item is cheap as per the price. Delicate and not strong enough for security. Easily breakable.: Book is good and looks new l. Definitely useful for people looking for information on investment. Value for money!

India on Oct 13, 2023

Ibrahim Malick: The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham is an indispensable masterpiece that has stood the test of time as the definitive guide to value investing. Originally published in 1949, this book continues to be revered by investors, financial experts, and business enthusiasts alike.

Graham's expertise and wisdom shine through every page as he imparts invaluable insights into the art and science of investing. His emphasis on adopting a rational and disciplined approach towards investing sets the foundation for successful long-term wealth creation.

One of the key strengths of this book lies in Graham's ability to demystify complex investment concepts and make them accessible to readers of all levels of expertise. He introduces the concept of value investing, which involves analyzing the intrinsic value of a stock and buying it when it is priced below its true worth. Graham's emphasis on the margin of safety—an important principle that helps protect investors against market fluctuations—continues to be a cornerstone of intelligent investing.

The Intelligent Investor doesn't just focus on stock selection; it also provides invaluable guidance on risk management,...

United States on Jul 16, 2023

B.Sudhakar Shenoy: This book is perhaps the most important and insightful book on investing, and an eternal classic. It is not a book that promises ‘How to become rich…’ or ‘Mastering Stock market in a week….’ or ‘Beating the market made easy…’ or any shortcut to a quick buck. The book teaches three powerful lessons of how one can:

- minimize the odds of suffering irreversible losses
- maximize the chance of achieving sustainable gains
- practice emotional control and behavior to help the investor achieve full potential.

The book is about investing and having said that, investing is for the long term. Short term investing is like saying one is a spendthrift miser. While long term investors buy stocks or bonds for its intrinsic value and hold them, the 'short termers' play on its price like a video game, high on dopamine, ‘seeing price patterns’. While the intrinsic value of the security is stable, the markets, built upon the greed and fear of speculators, fluctuate widely and it is this constant flow of price movements that is the juice of speculation.

The intelligent investor is the one who estimates the value of a stock based on some key parameters...

India on Aug 14, 2018

Scott W. McMurray II: GRAHAM REVIEW
Graham's original work itself is fantastic, if you take the time to absorb it and understand it. It took me two reads before I really felt like I grasped it well. I don't need to write an elaborate review discussing this book for people to know it is obviously an investment classic; it has Warren Buffett's full endorsement which is the reason a lot of people opt to read it in the first place. The practical advice offered is timeless. In particular I found Chapter 1 (the difference between speculation and investing), Chapter 8 (managing your emotions), Chapter 10 (discerning the advice from others) and Chapter 20 (having a margin of safety) to be enlightening, as those four chapters were probably the most useful to me personally. The advice in the very first chapter regarding the difference between investing and speculating gets lost on a lot of people today, as anything and everything that involves stocks, bonds, options, or futures seems to be categorized as investing. The portion of Chapter 8 that discusses managing your emotions is arguably the most difficult for people to actually implement in the real world, despite being a very important concept. Graham...

United States on Oct 30, 2012