Benjamin Graham, Building a Profession: The

"The small list of investment books that must grace the library of any serious investor-not to gather dust, but to be opened over and over again-just grew by one. This wonderful compilation of the wit and wisdom of Benjamin Graham is the new addition. Savor it. Learn from it. Treasure it." John C. Bogle, founder and former Chief Executive, The Vanguard Group"If youth is measured by creativity and excitement about new ideas and a thirst for learning, then Ben Graham-in his early 80s-was the youngest guy in the room when two-dozen stellar investment managers met for three days to explain the inner workings of investment management." Charles D. Ellis, CFA, Bestselling Author ofWinning the Loser's Game"These writings, spanning over 30 years, help us understand even better the remarkable achievement of this visionary man and his lasting influence on the finance profession." Burton Malkiel, Princeton University, Bestselling Author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street"Investing involves the intelligent triangulation between fundamentals, psychology, and prices. Benjamin Graham, Building a Profession . . . illustrates how this investment legend never stopped thinking about this multi-dimensional challenge." Seth Klarman, The Baupost Group"Serious professionals in the investment business will delight in pouring over this and checking their own thoughts against those of the master." Jeffrey J. Diermeier, CFA, Diermeier Family Foundation, and former CFA Institute president and CEO"This is a must-read for anyone interested in the history and development of our profession and the importance of critical investment thinking." Gary P. Brinson, CFA, GP Brinson Investments"Some investors ('the happy few') know that Ben Graham's writings on financial analysis give them a leg up. So they will want to read this book, and other investors should." Jean-Marie Eveillard, First Eagle Funds"The CFA Institute and Jason Zweig have performed an invaluable service to our profession in collecting these [writings] in one volume." William H. Miller, CFA, Legg Mason Funds Management

Jason Zweig writes The Wall Street Journal’s“Intelligent Investor” column. Previously, he was a seniorwriter at Money magazine.
Rodney Sullivan, CFA, is the head ofpublications for the CFA Institute. He has edited severalinvesting books and published articles in various scholarlyjournals.

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
The Foundations of the Profession	p. 9
1945-Should Security Analysts Have a Professional Rating? The Affirmative Case	p. 17
1946-On Being Right in Security Analysis	p. 23
1946-The Hippocratic Method in Security Analysis	p. 29
1946-The S.E.C. Method of Security Analysis	p. 35
Defining the New Profession	p. 41
1952-Toward a Science of Security Analysis	p. 51
1957-Two Illustrative Approaches to Formula Valuations of Common Stocks	p. 63
1958-The New Speculation in Common Stocks	p. 79
1946-Special Situations	p. 95
1962-Some Investment Aspects of Accumulation through Equities	p. 105
1932-Inflated Treasuries and Deflated Stockholders: Are Corporations Milking Their Owners?	p. 121
1932-Should Rich Corporations Return Stockholders' Cash?	p. 131
1932-Should Rich but Losing Corporations Be Liquidated?	p. 141
Broadening the Profession	p. 149
1947-A Questionnaire on Stockholder-Management Relationship	p. 159
1954-Which Way to Relief from the Double Tax on Corporate Profits?	p. 169
1953-Controlling versus Outside Stockholders	p. 177
1951-The War Economy and Stock Values	p. 185
1955-Some Structural Relationships Bearing upon Full Employment	p. 193
1962-Our Balance of Payments-The "Conspiracy of Silence"	p. 205
The Voice of the Profession	p. 223
1963-The Future of Financial Analysis	p. 231
1974-The Future of Common Stocks	p. 247
1976-A Conversation with Benjamin Graham	p. 265
1972-Benjamin Graham: Thoughts on Security Analysis	p. 271
1974-The Decade 1965-1974: Its Significance for Financial Analysts	p. 285
1977-An Hour with Mr. Graham	p. 303
Index	p. 315
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