The Intelligent Investor
The Intelligent Investor is Benjamin Graham's guide to value investing, first published by Harper & Brothers in New York in 1949. It urges buying undervalued companies for the long term and introduced the Mr. Market allegory. Warren Buffett read it at the age of 20.
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- Harper, 1949
- First published
- Harper & Brothers, New York, 1949
The first edition of The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham was published in New York by Harper in 1949. We track 2 editions.
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- Editions recorded
- 54 on Open Library, 30 in English
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Who published the first edition of The Intelligent Investor?
The first edition of The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham was published in New York by Harper in 1949.
How many editions of The Intelligent Investor are there?
We track 2 editions of The Intelligent Investor, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- The Intelligent Investor, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- The Intelligent Investor editions, Open Library (openlibrary.org)
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