Security Analysis Principles & Technique

--From the Foreword by Warren E. Buffett

First published in 1934, Security Analysis is one of the most influential financial books ever written. Selling more than one million copies through five editions, it has provided generations of investors with the timeless value investing philosophy and techniques of Benjamin Graham and David L. Dodd.

As relevant today as when they first appeared nearly 75 years ago, the teachings of Benjamin Graham, “the father of value investing,” have withstood the test of time across a wide diversity of market conditions, countries, and asset classes.

This new sixth edition, based on the classic 1940 version, is enhanced with 200 additional pages of commentary from some of todays leading Wall Street money managers. These masters of value investing explain why the principles and techniques of Graham and Dodd are still highly relevant even in todays vastly different markets. The contributor list includes:

• Seth A. Klarman, president of The Baupost Group, L.L.C. and author of Margin of Safety
• James Grant, founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, general partner of Nippon Partners
• Jeffrey M. Laderman, twenty-five year veteran of BusinessWeek
• Roger Lowenstein, author of Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist and When America Aged and Outside Director, Sequoia Fund
• Howard S. Marks, CFA, Chairman and Co-Founder, Oaktree Capital Management L.P.
• J. Ezra Merkin, Managing Partner, Gabriel Capital Group .
• Bruce Berkowitz, Founder, Fairholme Capital Management.
• Glenn H. Greenberg, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Chieftain Capital Management
• Bruce Greenwald, Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Finance and Asset Management, Columbia Business School
• David Abrams, Managing Member, Abrams Capital

Featuring a foreword by Warren E. Buffett (in which he reveals that he has read the 1940 masterwork “at least four times”), this new edition of Security Analysis will reacquaint you with the foundations of value investingmore relevant than ever in the tumultuous 21st century markets.

--From the Foreword by Warren E. Buffett

THE BIBLE OF VALUE INVESTING UPDATED BY TODAY'S VALUE INVESTING MASTERS

Buying a dollar's worth of assets for 50 cents isn't the only way to succeed on Wall Street. But it is how Warren Buffett got rich. Just as value investing never goes out of style, neither does the value investor's bible, Security Analysis, by Benjamin Graham and David L. Dodd, which has withstood the test of time as well or better than any investment book ever published. Now the Sixth Edition updates the masters' ideas and adapts them for the 21st century's markets.

In what will be a major event in the investment community, the second edition, which was published in 1940 and still considered the definitive edition, has been updated by a dream team of some of today's leading value investors. Their new commentaries will be added to the 1940 text.

“Graham's ideas inspired the investment community for nearly a century.”-Smart Money

INCLUDES MORE THAN 150 NEW PAGES OF COMMENTARY BY THE MASTERS OF VALUE INVESTING:

• Seth A. Klarman, president of The Baupost Group, L.L.C. and author of Margin of Safety
• James Grant, founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, general partner of Nippon Partners
• Jeffrey M. Laderman, twenty-five year veteran of BusinessWeek
• Roger Lowenstein, author of Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist and When America Aged and Outside Director, Sequoia Fund
• Howard S. Marks, CFA, Chairman and Co-Founder, Oaktree Capital Management L.P.
• J. Ezra Merkin, Managing Partner, Gabriel Capital Group .
• Bruce Berkowitz, Founder, Fairholme Capital Management.
• Glenn H. Greenberg, CFA, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Chieftain Capital Management
• Bruce Greenwald, Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Finance and Asset Management, Columbia Business School
• David Abrams, Managing Member, Abrams Capital

From the foreword by Warren E. Buffett

The 1940 edition of Security Analysis is considered the bible of value investing. McGraw-Hill continues its proud tradition with this new sixth edition that will serve as a touchstone for a new generation of investors.

The leading “Masters” of value investing have updated Graham and Dodds classic work with more than 200 pages of new commentary:

• Seth A. Klarman, president of The Baupost Group, L.L.C. and author of Margin of Safety
• James Grant, founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, general partner of Nippon Partners
• Jeffrey M. Laderman, twenty-five year veteran of BusinessWeek
• Roger Lowenstein, author of Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist and When America Aged and Outside Director, Sequoia Fund
• Howard S. Marks, CFA, Chairman and Co-Founder, Oaktree Capital Management L.P.
• J. Ezra Merkin, Managing Partner, Gabriel Capital Group .
• Bruce Berkowitz, Founder, Fairholme Capital Management.
• Glenn H. Greenberg, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Chieftain Capital Management
• Bruce Greenwald, Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Finance and Asset Management, Columbia Business School
• David Abrams, Managing Member, Abrams Capital

The accompanying CD-ROM contains the entire 1940 text.

“Benjamin Graham is the father of investment analysts everywhere, originally sparking the debate for a credential to professionalize the industry which led to the CFA Charter. He transformed the practice of financial analysis from trade to science, starting with his groundbreaking book, Security Analysis, first published in 1934. This edition, with new commentary by some of todays finest investors, belongs on every investment professionals shelf.”

Jeffrey J. Diermeier, CFA, president and CEO, CFA Institute

David L. Dodd was a colleague of Benjamin Graham's at Columbia University, where he was an assistant professor of finance.

Seth A. Klarman is the President of The Baupost Group, L.L.C. which currently manages over $11 billion on behalf of individual and institutional clients. He is the author of Margin of Safety.

Professor Bruce Greenwald holds the Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Finance and Asset Management at Columbia Business School.

James Grant founded Grant's Interest Rate Observer in 1983. He is also a general partner of Nippon Partners, which invests in Japanese value stocks.

Jeffrey M. Laderman is a twenty-five year veteran of BusinessWeek.

New Intro, Jim Grant

New Intro to Part 1, by Roger Lowenstein

Part 1, Survey and Approach

New Intro to Part 2, By Howard Marks

Part 2, Fixed Value Investments

New Intro to Part 3, By Ezra Merkin

Part 3, Securities with Speculative Features

New Intro to Part 4, By Bruce Berkowitz

Part 4, Common Stocks

New Intro to Part 5, By Glenn Greenberg

Part 5, Analysis of the Income Account

New Intro to Part 6, By Bruce Greenwald

Part 6, Balance Sheet Analysis

New Intro to Part 7, By David Abrams

Part 7, Additional Aspects of Security Analysis