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by Frederick Martin (Author), Nick Hansen (Author), Scott Link (Author)
Use a master's lost secret to pick growth companies bound for success
In 1948, legendary Columbia University professor Benjamin Graham bought a major stake in the Government Employees Insurance Corporation. In a time when no one trusted the stock market, he championed value investing and helped introduce the world to intrinsic value. He had a powerful valuation formula.
Now, in this groundbreaking book, long-term investing expert Fred Martin shows you how to use value-investing principles to analyze and pick winning growth-stock companies--just like Graham did when he acquired GEICO.
Benjamin Graham and the Power of Growth Stocks is an advanced, hands-on guide for investors and executives who want to find the best growth stocks, develop a solid portfolio strategy, and execute trades for maximum profitability and limited risk. Through conversational explanations, real-world case studies, and pragmatic formulas, it shows you step-by-step how this enlightened trading philosophy is successful. The secret lies in Graham's valuation formula, which has been out of print since 1962--until now. By calculating the proper data, you can gain clarity of focus on an investment by putting on blinders to variables that are alluring but irrelevant.
This one-stop guide to growing wealth shows you how to:
- Liberate your money from the needs of mutual funds and brokers
- Build a reasonable seven-year forecast for every company considered for your portfolio
- Estimate a company's future value in four easy steps
- Ensure long-term profits with an unblinking buy-and-hold strategy
This complete guide shows you why Graham's game-changing formula works and how to use it to build a profitable portfolio. Additionally, you learn tips and proven techniques for unlocking the formula's full potential with disciplined research and emotional control to stick by your decisions through long periods of inactive trading. But even if your trading approach includes profiting from short-term volatility, you can still benefit from the valuation formula and process inside by using them to gain an advantageous perspective on stock prices.
Find the companies that will grow you a fortune with Benjamin Graham and the Power of Growth Stocks.
Back Jacket
Benjamin Graham is the father of value investing, but his greatest investment success came from one growth stock that increased his net worth more than all his other investments combined. Benjamin Graham and the Power of Growth Stocks helps you rediscover the legendary economist's forgotten growth-investing strategy through a cutting-edge approach to capturing profits in today's volatile markets.
Inside, leading investment manager Fred Martin shares the investing approach that was founded on Graham's long-lost valuation formula. Martin's method lets you accurately and confidently value growth companies for a buy-and-hold strategy that mitigates risk and positions your portfolio for superior long-term returns. Benjamin Graham and the Power of Growth Stocks puts everything you need at your fingertips, including:
- Effective guidance and techniques for zeroing in on the critical factors of making good investment decisions
- The three key rules for creating a margin of safety when investing in growth companies
- Tips for identifying the hidden "barriers" and "handcuffs" that signal doom for a company's growth
- Insightful best practices and pitfalls to avoid from the author's personal experience
- Graham's most useful and straightforward treatise on growth-stock investing--in its entirety--for the first time since 1962
If you want your wealth to serve you--not your broker and mutual funds--start acquiring the dream-team companies for your portfolio today withBenjamin Graham and the Power of Growth Stocks.
Author Biography
Frederick K. Martin is the president and chief investment officer of Disciplined Growth Investors, which currently manages more than $2.5 billion of assets for institutions and individuals.
