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Sachin Patil

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The Intelligent Investor, Benjamin Graham

Liked quotes

  • The value of any investment is, and always must be, a function of price you pay for it. - Page 83.
  • The hotter they are, the harder they fall. - Page 116.
  • A defensive Investor runs and wins by sitting still. - Page 129.
  • The more you trade, the less you keep. - Page 149.

Bookmarks

  • Page 13: The Intelligent Investor, def.
  • Page 41: Formula to Fiasco.
  • Page 45: Graham’s Advice.
  • Page 38: Video Game.
  • Page 21: Unintelligent Speculation.
  • Page 18: Investment Operations.
  • Page 46: A Sensible Gambler.
  • Page 13: Newton.
  • Page 32: Selling Short.
  • Page 54: Public utility enterprises & Inflation.
  • Page 55: Buying Gold “things” for Americal Citizens.
  • Page 60: Inflation & Debt.
  • Page 63: Beyond Stocks.
  • Page 87: A good advice.
  • Page 196: S&P 500 Index.
  • Page 198: Net worth, def.
  • Page 203: Graham’s experience in 113 words.
  • Page 219: Investing, def.
  • Page 225: Investment owners contract.
  • Page 518: Theory of Diversification.
  • Page 523: 4 Principles of Business.
  • Page 526: Lakshmi.
  • Page 268: Investment Banker.
  • Page 273/274: When to get professional help.
  • Page 104: Portfolio Management Strategy.
  • Page 102: Investing and your age.
  • Page 114: Rules for the common stock.
  • Page 115/158: Growth Stock, def.
  • Page 118: Dollar-Cost Averaging (formula investing).
  • Page 127: Home bias.
  • Page 136: Discount and Premium Bonds, def.
  • Page 148: Market Impact, def.
  • Page 152: on IPO and VA Linux.
  • Page 158: Growth Stocks.
  • Page 164: Dogs of Dow approach.
  • Page 166: Bargain Issue.
  • Page 181: Growth stocks & P/E ratio.
  • Page 183: Example: Johnson & Johnson, 2002.
  • Page 186/187: How to bargain stocks and foreign stock investments.
  • Page 228: Stock Picker.
  • Page 242: Mutual Funds, 1924.
  • Page 247: Trading cost.
  • Page 249: Index funds v/s Mutual Funds.
  • Page 252: Morning star rating.
  • Page 253: ETFs - No No.
  • Page 254: When to sell MFs.
  • Page 290: Diversification v/s focused stocks.
  • Page 291: Factors effecting the capitalization rate.
  • Page 295: Formula for calculate the value of stocks.
  • Page 297: Company’s indefinite growth.
  • Page 298: Industrial analysis.
  • Page 304: Good & Bad companies.
  • Page 312: “liquid”/Fluid Mechanics.
  • Page 328: Points to remember while reading an financial report.
  • Page 498: Stockholder/Company owner.
  • Page 501: Proxy material.
  • Page 503: Company’s management mentality.
  • Page 509: Company’s stock options (Imp.)

Chapters

  1. Investment versus Speculation
    • Commentary
  2. The Investor and Inflation [inflation]
    • Commentary
  3. A Century of Stock-Market History [inflation]
    • Commentary
  4. General Portfolio Policy [investing policies]
    • Commentary
  5. The Defensive Investor and Common Stocks [investing policies]
    • Commentary
  6. Portfolio Policy for the Enterprising Investor - Negative Approach [investing policies]
    • Commentary
  7. Portfolio Policy for the Enterprising Investor - Positive Approach [investing policies]
    • Commentary
  8. The Investor and Market Fluctuations [advice, must read]
    • Commentary
  9. Investing in Investment Funds
    • Commentary
  10. The Investor and His Advisers [must read]
    • Commentary
  11. Security Analysis for the lay Investor: General Approach [must read]
    • Commentary [Determining the price of the stock]
  12. Things to consider about Per-Share Earnings
    • Commentary
  13. A comparison of four listed company
    • Commentary
  14. Stock Selection for the Defensive Investor [selection of common stocks, avoid loss]
    • Commentary
  15. Stock Selection for the Enterprising Investor [selection of common stocks, avoid loss]
    • Commentary
  16. Convertible issues & warrants
    • Commentary
  17. Four extremely instructive case histories
    • Commentary
  18. A comparison of eight pairs of companies
    • Commentary
  19. Shareholders and Managements: Dividend Policy [dividend, stock split]
    • Commentary
  20. “Margin of Safety” as the Central Concept of Investment [must read, advice, avoid loss]
    • Commentary