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Title: Benjamin Graham: The Memoirs of the Dean of Wall Street by Benjamin Graham, Seymour Chatman, Warren Buffett, Marjorie G. Janis ISBN: 0-07-024269-0 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Pub. Date: 26 July, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: the dean of Wallstreet
Comment: The book is very appropriately titled. The story is told directly by Ben, and it covers his life from his family when his father passed away to his education at Columbia after losing his scholarship the first time.
Ben was a colorful person, and reading an autobiography like this allows the reader to see the paths a great person chose in life to really become what we remember him for.
Of course, the fact the Warren Buffet was his best student and biggest advocate was probably the reason I picked the book up in the first place, but after reading it, I discovered the Ben was wise in more than just Wallstreet. My favorite wisdom derived from Ben is on the subject of sex and relationships, as he had so many of the latter while becoming the great investor that we first associate with him.
I feel that I learned skills that will help me grow to be wiser by reading his bio. I definitely suggest the book to anyone who is interested in not only Ben's life but in contemplating how to improve his or her own.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Good Read!
Comment: The Dean of Wall Street confesses. That would be a great lead, except that Benjamin Graham has little to confess. Rather, Graham, considered the father of modern security analysis, tells us about his life, career, and his intellectual passions. He shares his thoughts about a range of issues, and about his experiences. For instance, did you know that he valued his intellectual pursuits more than making money? Or that he was a Broadway playwright? These memoirs are more concerned with Graham's story than with his investment techniques. We [...] recommend this book to those who want to learn more about Ben Graham, the man. It is not for those who want to learn more about Ben Graham, the founder of value investing.
Rating: 3
Summary: This is a pure biography
Comment: I bought this book after reading Roger Lowenstein's book 'Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist' (1996) to read on value investing. Unfortunately, this book covers very little about techniques. And I mean VERY little.
If you want to get to know the person Graham is, get this book. You can skip this book and still produce superior investment returns (this, known as rational allocation of capital). For value investing, read Intelligent Investor, by Ben Graham.
This book gets 3 stars bcoz it serves its purpose as a biography but at the same time managed to discourage me from spending time finishing it, despite my passion for Graham's investment principles.
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Title: The Intelligent Investor: The Classic Bestseller on Value Investing by Benjamin Graham ISBN: 0060155477 Publisher: HarperBusiness Pub. Date: 22 January, 1986 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Security Analysis: The Classic 1940 Edition by Benjamin Graham, David Dodd ISBN: 007141228X Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 10 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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Title: The Rediscovered Benjamin Graham : Selected Writings of the Wall Street Legend by Janet Lowe ISBN: 0471244724 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 15 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings by Philip A. Fisher ISBN: 047111927X Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 28 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Interpretation of Financial Statements by Benjamin Graham, Spencer Meredith ISBN: 0887309135 Publisher: HarperBusiness Pub. Date: 15 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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