Benjamin Graham on Value Investing: Lessons from the Dean of Wall Street

Value investing is back in vogue. And so is Benjamin Graham. His books - Security Analysis and the Intelligent Investor - are the seminal texts on the subject of investing. Numerous investors (including Warren Buffett) owe their success to Graham's writings. Janet C. Lowe's book adds to the Graham myth. It weaves the story of Graham as a husband, father and loyal friend into his public life as a fund manager, writer and teacher. Lowe breathes life into an otherwise sterile topic, but her emphasis is on Graham's personal history more than on his investment advice. She does make it clear that Graham's fiscal belief system emphasizes intelligent investing by both the professional and individual investor. We recommend this book to people who follow - and hope to profit from - the vicissitudes of the stock market and of its indelible characters.

Janet Lowe's book is a reasonable book that is easy to read. I agree with other critisms that have been made that the book spends too much time dealing with anecdotal information rather than discussing value investing. If you want a pseudo-biography, then this is okay, but all the useful stuff is available to the laymen in The Intelligent Investor already.

Great book, I can't say enough. This book helps me everyday of my investment decision making life

Wall Street really does have a culture of its own, a history, its heros. Graham was one of them. Good book about his life, his philosophy, investment record, and the impact he had on the big investors of today, Warren Buffett the star among them. Entertaining story.