Graham stanier autobiography of benjamin
Graham stanier autobiography of benjamin
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Benjamin Graham: The Memoirs of the Dean of Wall Street
December 31, 2019
I enjoyed this book, but it is not a book on investing. Here is my rough breakdown of the book:
40% Ben Graham’s childhood
30% Early work experience up until the Great Depression
10% His personal life with family and others.
10% His late-Depression successes in investing up to 1940.
10% His efforts as a playwright and as an amateur economist.
So, here’s my biggest gripe about the book: in many ways, Ben Graham’s biggest days as an investor — his greatest times of success in the 1940s & 1950s don’t get mentioned at all.
40% Ben Graham’s childhood
30% Early work experience up until the Great Depression
10% His personal life with family and others.
10% His late-Depression successes in investing up to 1940.
10% His efforts as a playwright and as an amateur economist.
So, here’s my biggest gripe about the book: in many ways, Ben Graham’s biggest days as an investor — his greatest times of success in the 1940s & 1950s don’t get mentioned at all.
I learned more of what he was like in that era from reading Alice Schroeder’s The Snowball.
Should this surprise us?
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No. Ben Graham wanted to live the good life in modern terms. From his time as a youth, he was hard-working, growing up amid poverty, and he never wanted to be poor as an adult.
He was a very bright guy on many topics.
He was not only studied in the humanities (which he love