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This 7-page paper covers Benjamin Graham, the "father of value investing," his theories and how they've impacted the financial community. Also discussed is how his views would impact a student's investing decisions today. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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to retire comfortably, how to use the stock market to fund retirement and so on. Yet economist Benjamin Grahams name (and theories) continue to be discussed and relied upon, probably
because theyre so common sense. Graham, who was author of The Intelligent Investor and Security Analysis, ended up, with his pronouncements, bringing some common sense to the world of investment.
Though his methods arent exactly those of the "get rich quick" methods that were so prevalent in the 1920s (during which he lived), Grahams methods continue to inspire investors today.
In this paper, well examine how Grahams notions of "value investing" (which he outlines in great detail in both of the above
books) have impacted the financial community. Well then focus on how his works are likely to impact the students future in dealing with investments such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds
and other monetary instruments. But first, well examine some of Grahams history, to put everything he has written about into context. A
Brief History of Benjamin Graham Born in London and raised in the United States, Graham received his college degree from Columbia University
in 1914 (Brainyencyclopedia.com, 2004). During that same year, Graham began his career on Wall Street. During the booming 1920s, Graham was alarmed to see the speculation and free-wheeling spending that
was occurring on the stock market and he wasnt very surprised when the market crashed in 1929. It was his disgust with the financial behavior that prompted the publication of
his book, Security Analysis: Principles and Popular Technique with his colleague, David Dodd. America, he believed, had gone too crazy with stock prices, and the Great Depression had just been
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