Benjamin Graham

Benjamin Graham- "In the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run it is a weighing machine."


The intelligent investor is likely to need considerable will power to keep from following the crowd.

Benjamin Graham

To achieve satisfactory investment results is easier than most people realize; to achieve superior results is harder than it looks.

Benjamin Graham

If you have formed a conclusion from the facts and if you know your judgement is sound, act on it – even though others may hesitate or differ.

Benjamin Graham

You are neither right nor wrong because people agree with you.

Benjamin Graham

The chief losses to investors come from the purchase of low-quality securities at times of favorable business conditions.

Benjamin Graham

I quickly convinced myself that the true key to happiness lay in a modest standard of living which could be achieved with little difficulty under almost all economic conditions.

Benjamin Graham

In the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run it is a weighing machine.

Benjamin Graham