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The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition)

The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition)
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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 guarantees or gimmicks but overflows with the wisdom at the core of all good portfolio management. The hallmark of Graham’s philosophy is not profit maximization but loss minimization. In this respect, The Intelligent Investor is a book for true investors, not speculators or day traders. He provides, “in a form suitable for the laymen, guidance in adoption and execution of an investment policy” (1). This policy is inherently for the longer term and requires a commitment of[Read More]
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Posted in Books on Dec 3rd, 2010, 6:25 pm by Stock Investor     

SENSIBLE STOCK INVESTING: How to Pick, Value, and Manage Stocks

SENSIBLE STOCK INVESTING: How to Pick, Value, and Manage Stocks
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For the millions of individual stock investors who want to improve their results-and for beginners who want to get started on the right foot-Sensible Stock Investing: How to Pick, Value, and Manage Stocks is a comprehensive yet easy-to-follow guide.Written for the busy individual, Sensible Stock Investing presents the investment process in three phases: rating companies for their intrinsic soundness; valuing stocks to find advantageous purchase prices; and managing a portfolio once it is established. Author David Van Knapp breaks these stages into discrete steps and shows how the individual investor-in just a few hours per month-can outperform most mutual funds[Read More]
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Posted in Books on Dec 2nd, 2010, 6:25 am by Stock Investor     

New Era Value Investing: A Disciplined Approach to Buying Value and Growth Stocks

New Era Value Investing: A Disciplined Approach to Buying Value and Growth Stocks
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Praise for New Era Value Investing “No other book reveals so much about how a portfolio manager looks at the world. You will see how the transformation in the U.S. economy and stock market in the 1990s caused this seasoned value investor to transform her investing discipline to keep pace with the times, and you will gain invaluable insight into how an investment discipline is crafted to maximize gain and control risk for real, paying clients. This book is a must-read for every serious investor, and anyone who aspires to manage money for others.”[Read More]
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Posted in Books, Stock Market Investing on May 23rd, 2010, 5:48 am by Stock Investor     

The Business of Value Investing: Six Essential Elements to Buying Companies Like Warren Buffett

The Business of Value Investing: Six Essential Elements to Buying Companies Like Warren Buffett
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A blueprint to successful value investingSuccessful value investors have an ingrained mental framework through which all investments decisions are made. This framework, which stems from the father of value investing, Benjamin Graham-who believed that investment is most intelligent when it is most businesslike-can put you in a better position to improve the overall performance of your portfolio.Written by Sham Gad-founder of the Gad Partners Funds, a value-focused investment partnership inspired by the 1950s Buffett Partnerships-The Business of Value Investing effectively examines the fundamental tenants of this approach and skillfully illustrates the six essential elements of the entire process. Opening with[Read More]
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Posted in Books, Stock Market Investing on May 20th, 2010, 10:54 am by Stock Investor