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  • Benjamin Graham Quote - If you are shopping for common stocks, choose them the way you would buy groceries, not the way you would buy perfume.
  • Benjamin Graham Quote - If you are shopping for common stocks, choose them the way you would buy groceries, not the way you would buy perfume.
  • Benjamin Graham Quote - If you are shopping for common stocks, choose them the way you would buy groceries, not the way you would buy perfume.
  • Benjamin Graham Quote - If you are shopping for common stocks, choose them the way you would buy groceries, not the way you would buy perfume.
  • Benjamin Graham Quote - If you are shopping for common stocks, choose them the way you would buy groceries, not the way you would buy perfume.
  • Benjamin Graham Quote - If you are shopping for common stocks, choose them the way you would buy groceries, not the way you would buy perfume.
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If you are shopping for common stocks, choose them the way you would buy groceries, not the way you would buy perfume.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - When somebody asserts that a stock has an earning power of so much, I am sure that the person who hears him doesn’t know what he means, and there is a good chance that the man who uses it doesn’t know what it means.

    When somebody asserts that a stock has an earning power of so much, I am sure that the person who hears him doesn’t know what he means, and there is a good chance that the man who uses it doesn’t know what it means.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - Price fluctuations have only one significant meaning for the true investor. They provide him with an opportunity to buy wisely when prices fall sharply and to sell wisely when they advance a great deal.

    Price fluctuations have only one significant meaning for the true investor. They provide him with an opportunity to buy wisely when prices fall sharply and to sell wisely when they advance a great deal.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - Calculate a stock’s price/earnings ratio yourself, using Graham’s formula of current price divided by average earnings over the past three years.

    Calculate a stock’s price/earnings ratio yourself, using Graham’s formula of current price divided by average earnings over the past three years.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - Confusing speculation with investment is always a mistake.

    Confusing speculation with investment is always a mistake.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - The ideal form of common stock analysis leads to a valuation of the issue which can be compared with the current price to determine whether or not the security is an attractive purchase.

    The ideal form of common stock analysis leads to a valuation of the issue which can be compared with the current price to determine whether or not the security is an attractive purchase.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - Obvious prospects for physical growth in a business do not translate into obvious profits for investors.

    Obvious prospects for physical growth in a business do not translate into obvious profits for investors.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - In the old legend the wise men finally boiled down the history of mortal affairs into a single phrase: ‘This too will pass.’

    In the old legend the wise men finally boiled down the history of mortal affairs into a single phrase: ‘This too will pass.’

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - The idea of storage as a solution of economic problems at least has the support of common sense.It is diametrically opposed to the topsy-turvy Alice-in-Wonderland reasoning that has marked so much of our depression thinking and policy.

    The idea of storage as a solution of economic problems at least has the support of common sense.It is diametrically opposed to the topsy-turvy Alice-in-Wonderland reasoning that has marked so much of our depression thinking and policy.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - In the short-run, the market is a voting machine – reflecting a voter-registration test that requires only money, not intelligence or emotional stability – but in the long- run, the market is a weighing machine.

    In the short-run, the market is a voting machine – reflecting a voter-registration test that requires only money, not intelligence or emotional stability – but in the long- run, the market is a weighing machine.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - The Reservoir system will function not only as an equalizer of business conditions, but also as a national store to meet further emergencies, such as war and drought, and-most important of all-as the concrete means of developing a steadily higher living standard for all.

    The Reservoir system will function not only as an equalizer of business conditions, but also as a national store to meet further emergencies, such as war and drought, and-most important of all-as the concrete means of developing a steadily higher living standard for all.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy.

    The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - People who invest make money for themselves; people who speculate make money for their brokers. And that, in turn, is why Wall Street perennially downplays the durable virtues of investing and hypes the gaudy appeal of speculation.

    People who invest make money for themselves; people who speculate make money for their brokers. And that, in turn, is why Wall Street perennially downplays the durable virtues of investing and hypes the gaudy appeal of speculation.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - The genuine investor in common stocks does not need a great equipment of brain and knowledge, but he does need some unusual qualities of character Download This Image

    The genuine investor in common stocks does not need a great equipment of brain and knowledge, but he does need some unusual qualities of character

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - As in roulette, same is true of the stock trader, who will find that the expense of trading weights the dice heavily against him.

    As in roulette, same is true of the stock trader, who will find that the expense of trading weights the dice heavily against him.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - The people of the United States will not tolerate another deep depression that arises not from any lack of natural resources, productive capacity or man and brain power, but solely from imperfections in the functioning of the system of finance capitalism.

    The people of the United States will not tolerate another deep depression that arises not from any lack of natural resources, productive capacity or man and brain power, but solely from imperfections in the functioning of the system of finance capitalism.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - The thing that I have been emphasizing in my own work for the last few years has been the group approach. To try to buy groups of stocks that meet some simple criterion for being undervalued-regardless of the industry and with very little attention to the individual company.

    The thing that I have been emphasizing in my own work for the last few years has been the group approach. To try to buy groups of stocks that meet some simple criterion for being undervalued-regardless of the industry and with very little attention to the individual company.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM