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  • Benjamin Graham Quote - While enthusiasm may be necessary for great accomplishments elsewhere, on Wall Street it almost invariably leads to disaster
  • Benjamin Graham Quote - While enthusiasm may be necessary for great accomplishments elsewhere, on Wall Street it almost invariably leads to disaster
  • Benjamin Graham Quote - While enthusiasm may be necessary for great accomplishments elsewhere, on Wall Street it almost invariably leads to disaster
  • Benjamin Graham Quote - While enthusiasm may be necessary for great accomplishments elsewhere, on Wall Street it almost invariably leads to disaster
  • Benjamin Graham Quote - While enthusiasm may be necessary for great accomplishments elsewhere, on Wall Street it almost invariably leads to disaster
  • Benjamin Graham Quote - While enthusiasm may be necessary for great accomplishments elsewhere, on Wall Street it almost invariably leads to disaster
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While enthusiasm may be necessary for great accomplishments elsewhere, on Wall Street it almost invariably leads to disaster

Benjamin Graham

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - Knowledge is only one ingredient on arriving at a stock’s proper price. The other ingredient, fully as important as information, is sound judgment.

    Knowledge is only one ingredient on arriving at a stock’s proper price. The other ingredient, fully as important as information, is sound judgment.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - To see how much a company is truly earning on the capital it deploys in its businesses, look beyond EPS to Return on Invested Capital (ROIC).

    To see how much a company is truly earning on the capital it deploys in its businesses, look beyond EPS to Return on Invested Capital (ROIC).

    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 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 intelligent investor gets interested in big growth stocks not when they are at their most popular – but when something goes wrong.

    The intelligent investor gets interested in big growth stocks not when they are at their most popular – but when something goes wrong.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - Most of the time common stocks are subject to irrational and excessive price fluctuations in both directions as the consequence of the ingrained tendency of most people to speculate or gamble… to give way to hope, fear and greed.

    Most of the time common stocks are subject to irrational and excessive price fluctuations in both directions as the consequence of the ingrained tendency of most people to speculate or gamble… to give way to hope, fear and greed.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - Every corporate security may be best viewed, in the first instance, as an ownership interest in, or a claim against, a specific business enterprise.

    Every corporate security may be best viewed, in the first instance, as an ownership interest in, or a claim against, a specific business enterprise.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - The only thing you should do with pro forma earnings is ignore them.

    The only thing you should do with pro forma earnings is ignore them.

    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 - Undervaluations caused by neglect or prejudice may persist for an inconveniently long time, and the same applies to inflated prices caused by over-enthusiasm or artificial stimulants.

    Undervaluations caused by neglect or prejudice may persist for an inconveniently long time, and the same applies to inflated prices caused by over-enthusiasm or artificial stimulants.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - It’s nonsensical to derive a price/earnings ratio by dividing the known current price by unknown future earnings.

    It’s nonsensical to derive a price/earnings ratio by dividing the known current price by unknown future earnings.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - You must never delude yourself into thinking that you’re investing when you’re speculating.

    You must never delude yourself into thinking that you’re investing when you’re speculating.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - Stock speculation is largely a matter of A trying to decide what B, C and D are likely to think-with B, C and D trying to do the same.

    Stock speculation is largely a matter of A trying to decide what B, C and D are likely to think-with B, C and D trying to do the same.

    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 - Nearly everyone interested in common stocks wants to be told by someone else what he thinks the market is going to do. The demand being there, it must be supplied.

    Nearly everyone interested in common stocks wants to be told by someone else what he thinks the market is going to do. The demand being there, it must be supplied.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Graham Quote - In security analysis the prime stress is laid upon protection against untoward events. We obtain this protection by insisting upon margins of safety, or values well in excess of the price paid.

    In security analysis the prime stress is laid upon protection against untoward events. We obtain this protection by insisting upon margins of safety, or values well in excess of the price paid.

    BENJAMIN GRAHAM