Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-029335
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Fools would be well-served to place The Little Book of Value Investing on their holiday shopping lists". ( Fool.com , December 12, 2006) "sharply written...gets you fired up about buying stocks" ( USA Today , December 4, 2006) "elegant new treatise on the art of value investing. . ." ( Financial Times (UK), October 30, 2006) "...easily digestible and shortish treatise for anyone who wants to try out this particular investment strategy". ( The Wall Street Journal , October 10, 2006) "After 37 years of practicing what Graham preached, Browne has distilled the creed into a disarmingly chatty primer. . ." ( Bloomberg ) "one of the best guidebooks toward protecting and growing a retirement nest egg. This advice comes from a legend of value investing, and it's presented with enough clarity that anyone can follow it." ( Forbes.com ), ..."easily digestible and shortish treatise for anyone who wants to try out this particular investment strategy." ("The Wall Street Journal," October 10, 2006) "If you are a value investor by temperament, you will (or should) find a lot that is persuasive in what Christopher Browne has to say about the craft of value investing in a delightful new book out this autumn...It is nicely written and utterly persuasive if long-term investment success is what you are after and your temperament is equipped to handle the psychological pressures of making non-consensus investments." ("The Independent," November 2006), "Fools would be well-served to place The Little Book of Value Investing on their holiday shopping lists". ( Fool.com , December 12, 2006) "sharply written...gets you fired up about buying stocks" ( USA Today , December 4, 2006) "If you are a value investor by temperament, you will (or should) find a lot that is persuasive in what Christopher Browne has to say about the craft of value investing in a delightful new book out this autumn...It is nicely written and utterly persuasive if long-term investment success is what you are after and your temperament is equipped to handle the psychological pressures of making non-consensus investments." ( The Independent , November 2006) "elegant new treatise on the art of value investing. . ." ( Financial Times (UK), October 30, 2006) "...easily digestible and shortish treatise for anyone who wants to try out this particular investment strategy". ( The Wall Street Journal , October 10, 2006) "After 37 years of practicing what Graham preached, Browne has distilled the creed into a disarmingly chatty primer. . ." ( Bloomberg ) "one of the best guidebooks toward protecting and growing a retirement nest egg. This advice comes from a legend of value investing, and it's presented with enough clarity that anyone can follow it." ( Forbes.com )
Series Volume Number
6
Dewey Decimal
332.63/22
Table Of Content
Foreword xi Acknowledgments xix Introduction xxiii Chapter One Buy Stocks like Steaks . . . On Sale 1 Chapter Two What's It Worth? 10 Chapter Three Belts and Suspenders for Stocks 18 Chapter Four Buy Earnings on the Cheap 26 Chapter Five Buy a Buck for 66 Cents 35 Chapter Six Around the World with 80 Stocks 41 Chapter Seven You Don't Need to Go Trekking with Dr. Livingston 49 Chapter Eight Watch the Guys in the Know 58 Chapter Nine Things That Go Bump in the Market 63 Chapter Ten Seek and You Shall Find 70 Chapter Eleven Sifting Out the Fool's Gold 78 Chapter Twelve Give the Company a Physical 87 Chapter Thirteen Physical Exam, Part II 94 Chapter Fourteen Send Your Stocks to the Mayo Clinic 102 Chapter Fifteen We Are Not in Kansas Anymore! (When in Rome . . .) 114 Chapter Sixteen Trimming the Hedges 119 Chapter Seventeen It's a Marathon, Not a Sprint 123 Chapter Eighteen Buy and Hold? Really? 130 Chapter Nineteen When Only a Specialist Will Do 139 Chapter Twenty You Can Lead a Horse to Water, But . . . 145 Chapter Twenty-One Stick to Your Guns 156 Don't Take My Word for It 165 Bibliography 177
Synopsis
A concise and masterful discussion of a proven investing strategy There are many ways to make money in today's market, but the one strategy that has truly proven itself over the years is value investing. Now, with The Little Book of Value Investing , Christopher Browne shows you how to use this wealth-building strategy to successfully buy bargain stocks around the world. You'll explore how to value securities and find bargains in the stock market. You'll also learn to ignore irrelevant noise, "advice" from self-proclaimed gurus, and other obstacles that can throw you off your game. T he Little Book of Value Investing also offers: Strategies for analyzing public company financial statements and disclosures Advice on when you truly require a specialist's opinion Tactics for sticking to your guns when you're tempted to abandon a sound calculation because of froth in the market Perfect for beginning retail investors of all stripes, The Little Book of Value Investing will also earn a place in the libraries of veteran investors and portfolio managers seeking an expert reference covering the most time-tested lessons of value investing., There are many ways to make money in today s market, but the one strategy that has truly proven itself over the years is value investing. Now, with The Little Book of Value Investing, Christopher Browne shows you how to use this wealth-building strategy to successfully buy bargain stocks around the world., This follow-up to the national bestseller, "The Little Book That Beats the Market" introduces individual investors to the fundamentals of value investing--from the philosophy to the process--and shows them how to use this methodology to achieve exceptional returns in today's turbulent market., There are many ways to make money in today's market, but the one strategy that has truly proven itself over the years is value investing. Now, with "The Little Book of Value Investing," Christopher Browne shows you how to use this wealth-building strategy to successfully buy bargain stocks around the world., LITTLE BOOK BIG PROFITS "In value investing, you cannot do better." Roger Lowenstein "Chris Browne is one of the best value investors in the world. What he has to say is always worth paying attention to." Barton M. Biggs, Traxis Partners, and author, Hedgehogging "Legendary value investor Chris Browne derived his skills from Ben Graham and Warren Buffett. His helpful book, filled with common sense and uncommon insights, distills his four decades of experience into a set of guidelines that will make any investor more effective." Byron R. Wien, Pequot Capital Management "Forget Wall Street. It's a promotion machine. Forget almost all books on investing. They won't help you. But this book will. Chris Browne makes sense." Jean-Marie Eveillard, former portfolio manager, First Eagle Funds "Brilliant value investor Chris Browne uses this gem of a book to explain how value investing works, how to understand value in a stock, how to use accounting information on domestic and foreign firms to your advantage, and how to allocate your (hopefully growing!) portfolio over time." Glenn Hubbard, Dean and Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School, There are many ways to make money in today's market, but the one strategy that has truly proven itself over the years is value investing. Now, with The Little Book of Value Investing, Christopher Browne shows you how to use this wealth-building strategy to successfully buy bargain stocks around the world.
LC Classification Number
HG4529.B764 2006
