Benjamin Graham

Benjamin Graham, value investing pioneer Last-minute holiday shoppers have little time to get those final gifts for friends and loved ones. Here’s a list of 10 of the best investing books to get for that special stock trader in your life this holiday season. "Market Wizards" by Jack...

"The key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them." -Peter Lynch The term investing refers to risking one's capital with the hope of generating future returns. Not everyone commits their capital with the same objective, which often varies with age, risk tolerance,...

For value investors like Warren Buffett, Benjamin Graham and Peter Lynch, it doesn’t get much better than a low PE ratio and a high-yielding dividend. Unfortunately, not every stock that gets cheap becomes a value for investors. Frontier Communications Corp (NASDAQ: FTR), Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ...

Most people believe that achieving the life of a billionaire is impossible. Yet famous investors have done just that through their persistence and disciplined investing approach. Although they may make their accomplishments look easy, in reality it might take a lifetime to match their coveted...

Someone recently asked at a meeting of prominent individual investors about millennials and investing to help newly minted college graduates. My recommendation was Patrick O'Shaughnessy and his excellent book for millennial investor. Also referenced was O'Shaughnessy's father and all his work. The...

There is certainly no shortage of information available to the average investor – arguably, there is too much information and too little time to absorb it all. Of course, the information kettle that runneth over gets ever frothier when it is stirred four times a year during quarterly...

Time and time again, the academics and practitioners pretty much prove that value investing works better than just about any other approach to investing in the markets. Best of all, as Walter Schloss pointed out, it is pretty easy for most investors to learn and implement. It doesn't take a...

Benjamin Graham has served as the inspiration and intellectual mentor for generations of value investors. Many successful careers have been launched by a reading of the Intelligent Investor. Many others have perfected the art and science of investing by studying the classic editions of Security...

Summer has unofficially started, as Memorial Day Weekend has passed. It is now the season for fun in the sun, backyard barbecues, trips to the beach and lying by the pool. It is also the season for reading. Publishers rush to release the new titles for folks to read by the beach, the pool or...

The last chapter of The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham contains some of the best advice ever given to investors, yet is rarely put into practice by the majority who risk their money on the stock exchanges every day. In the very first paragraph of the book, Graham states that the secret...