• The Intelligent Investor

  • The Classic Best Seller on Value Investing
  • By: Benjamin Graham
  • Narrated by: Bill McGowan
  • Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (1,156 ratings)

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The Intelligent Investor

By: Benjamin Graham
Narrated by: Bill McGowan
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Publisher's summary

The classic best seller by Benjamin Graham, perhaps the greatest investment advisor of the 20th century, The Intelligent Investor has taught and inspired hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Since its original publication in 1949, Benjamin Graham's book has remained the most respected guide to investing, due to his timeless philosophy of "value investing", which helps protect investors against areas of (possible) substantial error and teaches them to develop long-term strategies which they will be comfortable with down the road.

Among this audiobook's special features are the use of numerous comparisons of pairs of common stocks to bring out their elements of strength and weakness and the construction of investment portfolios designed to meet specific requirements of quality and price attractiveness.

©1973, 1996, 2005 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. (P)1973, 1996, 2005 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

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"By far the best book on investing ever written." (Warren E. Buffett)

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An OK book, but didn't really learn anything

Would you try another book from Benjamin Graham and/or Bill McGowan?

A very basic, but informative book for the new investor. Very dry, but does go over all the key concepts and terms that investors should know.

If you’ve listened to books by Benjamin Graham before, how does this one compare?

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Did The Intelligent Investor inspire you to do anything?

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Very basic. A dry beginners book at best, but informative.

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Excellent book

Gonna buy a hard cover of this book to pass it on among friends and family

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Good concepts for all time

What did you like best about The Intelligent Investor? What did you like least?

The concepts were widely applicable.

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The examples are out of date. Take some time to think of the concepts behind the examples.

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great read

scary how history repeats itself and these words in the book hold true to the current market

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not bad

the title and the subject was not what i thought it is. my mistake i didn't read others review on this book. may be it is a good book for others, but not me.

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The best book for investing in the stock market.


The best classic educational book for investing. A must have for anyone interested in investing in stocks

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Very Useful

Very useful in understanding the basics of investing. Saves you from dangers of trying to do it on your own without professional help.

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Verification your Financial Counselor is correct.

I downloaded this and listened to some of it. It confirms my Financial Planner is correct.

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A lot of information, very valuable

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I enjoy listening to old school investing strategies (that are still valid of course) and enjoyed the quickness of the book. Many investor books get dry but this one kept up the pace.

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The Thumbnail sketch of the book...

They're not kidding when they call this the "abridged version of The Intelligent Investor! How do you take a 700 page book and boil it down to under 3 hours and maintain much of the content? This is good if you want the general idea of what Graham is talking about, but if you're looking for nuts and bolts... I'd look elsewhere.

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