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The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing

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this is buffets' bible for good reason.

the book's central concept, the margin of safety, is reinforced time and again w/ supporting ratios and working examples, both from the 60-70s and from zweig's excellent supplements (an extremely valuable supplement to the original text, if for no other reason than to show that graham's teachings are timeless). while occasionally ratios will appear dated and no longer relevant (i.e. book value's importance has declined w/ the transition of the US eq mkt to increasing intellectual capital in a company's mkt cap), its discipline, focus and litmus tests (i.e. bond yields vs E/P ratios) still remain valid.

for the individual investor, there simply is no better book.

If you are going to be investing in the market place I suggest you educate yourself and begin with this book. Well written and very detailed.

Ideas & concepts are clearly explained, very logic & simple to understand. I liked this audio book CD and will use it to invest my own portfolio.

I bought the Jason Zweig Edition even though the reviews on his comments weren't that good. The original text by Graham has been updated in 1972. Thus, the new comments by Zweig are really useful for the modern investor. If you have read less than 10 investing books, buy this one.

One negative point: this version has been released in 2003. There is a need for an updated version talking about the effects of the 2007+ global housing bubble.

There is a timeless wisdom to the ideas in this book. Somehow it feels like no matter what happens to the world or to financial markets, nothing can shake the highly personal philosophy that Benjamin Graham presents in this tome.

Singularly responsible for my interest in investing, I feel like this layman's book can set anyone free of the need for a commission-based investment sales industry.

Newsflash:
The guy's dead - and has been for years.
Not getting that "big advance" you would begrudge him (unless there is a market in Heaven?)

This is an excellent text for anyone who wants to learn about investing. Strongly recommended!

Anyone who chooses to comprehend this classic text will without a doubt expand their knowledge within the universe of value investment techniques. Moreover, in these times of muddled distinction between the investor and speculator, there is no better reason to buy this precious peice of Graham's intellectual genious than now. For myself, this book was truly the first necessary step to bring the perpetual pernicious chaos of what is convieniently termed speculating, to a more lucid order as I learned the true value of Graham's principles of value investing. We can all benefit to learn from this book.

I am amazed that things are still repeating the similiar way even decades after this book published.

This book costed me $13.97. By reading it, I can save much much more -- I think it is an great investment.

I had a recent hardcover edition from the library, but liked it enough I asked for the book for Xmas. I was glad I did, as the trade paperback edition I got for Xmas had the Zweig commentary after each chapter that my library version didn't. The commentary really helps clarify and update Graham's points (including much about the dot.commers dot.bombing). If you have the old edition with no Zweig commentary, I'd recommend getting the new edition. And if you have neither copy, get one! Buffet's afterword is priceless, too.