Benjamin Graham is considered to be the Godfather of value investing. He essentially pioneered the idea of valuing businesses based on their profitability and the value of their assets. While other investors had been using this approach for some time, Graham popularized it through his two books, Security Analysis, and the Intelligent Investor. Investing vs. Speculation It might seem strange today, but back in the early 1900s, investing was incredibly speculative. A preserve of the rich, investors tended to buy stocks based not on fundamental analysis but on stock tips. Fundamental analysis was relatively rare. Instead, investors concentrated on metrics…
How Benjamin Graham And Today’s Value Investors Differ
Sign up now and get our in-depth FREE e-books on famous investors like Klarman, Dalio, Schloss, Munger Rupert is a committed value investor and regularly writes and invests following the principles set out by Benjamin Graham. He is the editor and co-owner of Hidden Value Stocks, a quarterly investment newsletter aimed at institutional investors. Rupert owns shares in Berkshire Hathaway. Rupert holds qualifications from the Chartered Institute For Securities & Investment and the CFA Society of the UK. Rupert covers everything value investing for ValueWalk