AA-Benjamin Graham - Intelligent Investor

Contents

Epigraph iii
Preface to the Fourth Edition, by Warren E. Buffett
ANote About Benjamin Graham, by Jason Zweig x
Introduction: What This Book Expects to Accomplish 1

1. Investment versus Speculation: Results to Be

2. The Investor and Inflation

3. A Century of Stock-Market History:

4. General Portfolio Policy: The Defensive Investor

5. The Defensive Investor and Common Stocks

6. Portfolio Policy for the Enterprising Investor:

7. Portfolio Policy for the Enterprising Investor:

8. The Investor and Market Fluctuations

9. Investing in Investment Funds

10. The Investor and His Advisers

11. Security Analysis for the Lay Investor:

12. Things to Consider About Per-Share Earnings

13. A Comparison of Four Listed Companies

14. Stock Selection for the Defensive Investor

15. Stock Selection for the Enterprising Investor

16. Convertible Issues and Warrants

17. Four Extremely Instructive Case Histories

18. A Comparison of Eight Pairs of Companies

19. Shareholders and Managements: Dividend Policy

20. “Margin of Safety” as the Central Concept of Investment

Appendixes
1. The Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville
2. Important Rules Concerning Taxability of Investment Income and Security Transactions (in 1972)
3. The Basics of Investment Taxation(Updated as of 2003)
4. The New Speculation in Common Stocks
5. A Case History: Aetna Maintenance Co.
6. Tax Accounting for NVF’s Acquisition of Sharon Steel Shares
7. Technological Companies as Investments

Endnotes
Acknowledgments from Jason Zweig
About the Authors
Credits
Front Cover
Copyright
About the Publisher