Benjamin Graham (May 8, 1894 – September 21, 1976) was a British-born American economist and professional investor. Graham is often credited as the father of value investing and he is considered the first proponent of value investing, an investment approach he began teaching at Columbia Business School in 1928 and subsequently refined with David Dodd through various editions of their famous book Security Analysis. Graham's followers include Warren Buffett, William J. Ruane, Irving Kahn, Walter J. Schloss, Chris Johnston and others. Buffett, who credits Graham as grounding him with a sound intellectual investment framework, described him as the second most influential person in his life after his own father. He is also famous for being a teacher and mentor for Warren Buffet as well as for other well-known investors. |
"To achieve satisfactory investment results is easier than most people realize; to achieve superior results is harder than it looks."
"Most of the time 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."
"Even the intelligent investor is likely to need considerable willpower to keep from following the crowd."
"It is absurd to think that the general public can ever make money out of market forecasts."
Warren Edward Buffett (born August 30, 1930) is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is widely considered the most successful investor of the 20th century. Buffet is the primary shareholder, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway[5] and consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people. He was ranked as the world's wealthiest person in 2008[6] and as the third wealthiest person in 2011. In 2012, American magazine Time named Buffett one of the most influential people in the world.
"Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1"
"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get."
"Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful."
"It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price."