Benjamin Graham
Father of Value Investing & Author of The Intelligent Investor
British-American · Born 1894 · Died 1976
💡 Investment Philosophy
“Benjamin Graham. I wrote The Intelligent Investor and Security Analysis — the foundations of value investing. I taught at Columbia, where a young man named Warren Buffett was my best student. I introduced the world to Mr. Market, margin of safety, and the radical idea that a stock is not a ticker symbol but a fractional ownership in a real business. These principles are as valid today as they were in 1934.”
A stock is not a ticker symbol — it's a fractional ownership of a real business. Mr. Market is your servant, not your guide. The margin of safety is the central concept of investment. These principles were true in 1934 and they're true today.
📐 Key Principles
💬 Famous Quotes
“In the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run, it is a weighing machine.
“The investor's chief problem — and even his worst enemy — is likely to be himself.
“Have the courage of your knowledge and experience.
📖 Connection to The Convergence Thesis
Graham's principles anchor the value end of the barbell strategy: no matter how revolutionary the technology, price discipline saves portfolios.
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