The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel

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The Intelligent Investor - Dustwrapper: Front Flyleaf - Front Flyleaf - Rear Short Title Quotation from Virgil's Aeneid Title Page Dedication & Printer's Imprint Note of Acknowledgment Contents Preface, by Warren E. Buffett Introduction: What This Book Expects to Accomplish Short Title (2) 1. Investment versus Speculation: Results to Be Expected by the Intelligent Investor 2. The Investor and Inflation 3. A Century of Stock-Market History: The Level of Stock Prices in Early 1972 4. General Portfolio Policy: The Defensive Investor 5. The Defensive Investor and Common Stocks 6. Portfolio Policy for the Enterprising Investor: Negative Approach 7. Portfolio Policy for the Enterprising Investor: The Positive Side 8. The Investor and Market Fluctuations 9. Investing in Investment Funds 10. The Investor and His Advisers 11. Security Analysis for the Lay Investor: General Approach 12. Things to Consider About Per-Share Earnings 13. A Comparison of Four Listed Companies 14. Stock Selection for the Defensive Investor 15. Stock Selection for the Enterprising Investor 16. Convertible Issues and Warrants 17. Four Extremely Instructive Case Histories 18. A Comparison of Eight Pairs of Companies 19. Stockholders and Managements: Dividend Policy 20. “Margin of Safety” as the Central Concept of Investment Postscript Appendixes 1. The Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville 2. Important Rules Concerning Taxability of Investment Income and Security Transactions (in 1972) 3. The New Speculation in Common Stocks 4. A Case History: Aetna Maintenance Co. 5. Tax Accounting for NVF’s Acquisition of Sharon Steel Shares 6. Technological Companies as Investments Index Dustwrapper - Rear