The Intelligent Investor

Billionaire investor Seth Klarman is known for sharing similar principles in value investing to legendary investor Warren Buffett. In a previous interview, Klarman shared praise for Buffett and for the overall value investing strategy they have both popularized. Klarman's Advice: Klarman, who is...

Legendary investor Warren Buffett bought his first stock when he was 11 years old, and was fascinated with the stock market from an early age. What Happened: The Berkshire Hathaway Inc CEO bought three shares of Cities Service preferred at the age of 11. The legendary investor told Charlie...

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...

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...

We are now in the heart of the holiday gift buying season and finding that perfect gift for the investors on your list can be daunting. Looking through the business and finance section of a bookstore like Barnes & Noble or browsing the section on Amazon can be bewildering at times. The...

In The Intelligent Investor, Ben Graham defines the central concept of investing as Margin of Safety. It is far more important to consider the question of 'what can I lose' than worrying about how much you can make when buying stocks. That is, of course, the direct and exact opposite of how most...

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...