While he was no doubt born with some natural gifts, Warren Buffett didn’t become history’s greatest investor without any help. Buffett many times has praised his mentor, the late, great…
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Reese On Why So Few Can Follow Lynch & Buffett's Approaches
In an interview with Canada’s Business News Network, Validea CEO John P. Reese recently discussed how investors can profit from the strategies of history’s best money managers — and why…
Ben Graham, Index Fund Fan?
Would Benjamin Graham, the man known as “the father of value investing” and a pioneer in security analysis, have liked plain, generic index funds? In a recent column, Jason Zweig,…
The Two Most Important Pages Of Warren Buffett's 50th Anniversary Shareholder Letter
Warren Buffett’s 50th anniversary letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders has now been analyzed by a myriad of pundits who have dissected just about every sentence of it. But, given that…
How Walter Schloss Became a "Superinvestor"
While not as well known as fellow Columbia University value investors Warren Buffett and Benjamin Graham, Walter Schloss produced one of the best stock investing track records ever. And in a…
The Graham Strategy: Value and Safety Make for Big Returns
Every other issue of the Validea Hot List newsletter examines in detail one of John P. Reese’s computerized Guru Strategies. This latest issue looks at the Benjamin Graham-inspired strategy, up…
Warren Pieces: Buffett On Professional Investors, And The Path To Hell
A periodic look through the archives of the greatest investor in history In Berkshire Hathaway’s 1985 Letter to Shareholders, Warren Buffett offered his thoughts on why professional investors create instability in…
Great Pages: Ben Graham's "Mental Weapons"
Can a single page of a book change your investment life? We believe it can. Periodically, we highlight some of the Great Pages that have had a great impact on our…
Munger On Buffett, Temperament, And Why He's Better Than Ben Graham
Charlie Munger isn’t nearly as high-profile as his Berkshire Hathaway partner Warren Buffett, but The Wall Street Journal’s Jason Zweig recently caught up with him for a fascinating interview in…
Benjamin Graham's Lasting Legacy
Benjamin Graham is known as the Father of Value Investing, and this video from the Heilbrunn Center for Graham and Dodd Investing at Columbia Business School offers a great look…