"Wall Street people learn nothing and forget everything" ~Benjamin Graham A Guest Post by Robert Sommers Many investors are very skeptical when it comes to investing in the penny stocks market. This skepticism is somewhat understandable as they are generally very high risk investments. While the appeal of penny stock- low price and high returns- attracts investors, the lack of detailed information on penny stock companies, minimal regulatory and listing requirements, and the histor
``There are two requirements for success in Wall Street. One, you have to think correctly; and secondly, you have to think independently." - Benjamin Graham For some, there is the impression that the workings of Wall Street have to be piously followed by the letter. The general notion is that Wall Street has devoted unremitting years of research on the subjects of risk management, portfolio allocation and asset pricing or valuations such that these need to be incorporated
Another New Record This bubble is still not over. I wonder if its true that bubbles tend to erase wealth all the way back to the its beginning. Bubbles are a do over . Realtyrac: Foreclosures in April rose and are now affecting one in every 374 housing units, and bank repossessions will spike in the next few months. cbs marketwatch: “Much of this activity is at the initial stages of foreclosure — the default and auction stages — while bank repossessions … were down suggests that man
Real estate investing can be an amazing investment vehicle, but you must be certain to invest with what Warren Buffet and his mentor, Benjamin Graham, call a Margin of Safety. When buying stock in a business a Margin of Safety refers to paying less for the stock than what the intrinsic value of company is for that share of stock. Here's a quick example: if you add up all the assets of the business and they are worth $50 per share, then buying the stock for $40 per share gives you a $10 Margin of Safety.
You cant follow Warren Buffett without reading what Benjamin Graham, Buffett's mentor, has to say about investing. There are ten rare lectures featured in The Rediscovered Benjamin Graham: Selected Writings of the Wall Street Legend , by Janet Lowe. The following is the third of those 10 lectures from the series entitled Current Problems in Security Analysis that Mr. Graham presented at the New York Institute of Finance from September 1946 to February 1947. Read lecture 1 Read lectu
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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