Benjamin Graham, Building a Profession: The Early Writings of the Father of Security Analysis

How One Man Created a Professionand Entirely Transformed the World of Investing

the small list of investment books that must grace the library of any serious investornot to gather dust, but to be opened over and over againjust grew by one. this wonderful compilation of the wit and wisdom of benjamin graham is the new addition. savor it. learn from it. treasure it.
john c. bogle, founder and former chief executive, the vanguard group

if youth is measured by creativity and excitement about new ideas and a thirst for learning, then ben graham-in his early 80s-was the youngest guy in the room when two-dozen stellar investment managers met for three days to explain the inner workings of investment management.
charles d. ellis, cfa, bestselling author of Winning the Loser's Game

these writings, spanning over 30 years, help us understand even better the remarkable achievement of this visionary man and his lasting influence on the finance profession.
burton malkiel, princeton university, bestselling author of a random walk down wall street

investing involves the intelligent triangulation between fundamentals, psychology, and prices. benjamin graham, building a profession . . . illustrates how this investment legend never stopped thinking about this multi-dimensional challenge.
seth klarman, the baupost group

serious professionals in the investment business will delight in pouring over this and checking their own thoughts against those of the master.
jeffrey j. diermeier, cfa, diermeier family foundation, and former cfa institute president and ceo

this is a must-read for anyone interested in the history and development of our profession and the importance of critical investment thinking.
gary p. brinson, cfa, gp brinson investments

some investors ('the happy few') know that ben graham's writings on financial analysis give them a leg up. so they will want to read this book, and other investors should.
jean-marie eveillard, first eagle funds

the cfa institute and jason zweig have performed an invaluable service to our profession in collecting these [writings] in one volume.
william h. miller, cfa, legg mason funds management

About the Book:

When Benjamin Graham began working
on Wall Street in 1914, the center
of American finance resembled a lawless frontier.
The concept of regulatory laws was in its
infancy, the SEC wouldnt see the light of day
for 20 years, and many firms hid assets and
earnings from nosy outsiders.

And security analysts didnt exist as we
know them. They were called diagnosticians,
and they didnt do much analyzing. These investors
prided themselves on going with the
feel of the market, and most of them rarely
looked at a financial statement.

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(McGraw-Hill)

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Jason Zweig writes The Wall Street Journal's "Intelligent Investor" column. Previously, he was a senior writer at Money magazine. Rodney Sullivan, CFA, is the head of publications for the CFA Institute. He has edited several investing books and published articles in various scholarly journals.

(McGraw-Hill)

Section 1: Building a Profession

1. Toward a Professional Designation

2. Should Security Analysts Have a Professional Rating?

3. On Being Right in Security Analysis

4. The Hippocratic Method in Security Analysis

5. The SEC Method of Security Analysis



Section 2: A Science of Investment Analysis

6. Defining the New Profession

7. Toward a Science of Security Analysis

8. Two Illustrative Approaches to Formula Valuations of Common Stock

9. Special Situations

10. The War Economy and Stock Values

11. Some Structural Relationships Bearing Upon Full Employment



Section 3: The Voice of the Profession

12. A Questionnaire on Stockholder-Management Relationships

13. Our Balance of Payments: Conspiracy of Silence

14. Which Way to Relief from the Double Tax on Corporate Profits?

15. Some Observations

16. Interview with P. Ellebracht

17. Three Forbes Articles

(McGraw-Hill)