Analysis Quote by Benjamin Graham

“Security analysis cannot presume to lay down general rules as to the "proper value" of any given common stock... The prices of common stocks…

— Benjamin Graham

“Understanding the value of a security and whether it's trading above or below that value is the difference between investing and speculating.”

— Coreen T. Sol

In an efficient market at any point in time the actual price of a security will be a good estimate of its intrinsic value.

— Eugene Fama

Whether a tops-down or bottoms-up investor in bonds, stocks, or private equity, the standard analysis tends to judge an investor or his firm on…

— Bill Gross

It is our argument that a sufficiently low price can turn a security of mediocre quality into a sound investment opportunity - provided that…

— Benjamin Graham

Individual security bargains may be located by the process of security analysis practically at any time. They can be bought with good overall results…

— Benjamin Graham

The latest trade of a security creates a dangerous illusion that its market price approximates its true value. This mirage is especially dangerous during…

— Seth Klarman

When it comes to valuation, there's only one thing stock investors really care about, which is earnings.

— James B. Stewart

The history of the past fifty years, and longer, indicates that a diversified holding of representative common stocks will prove more profitable over a…

— Benjamin Graham

Some kinds of stocks are easier to analyse than others.

— Walter Schloss

The investor's primary interest lies in acquiring and holding suitable securities at suitable prices.

— Benjamin Graham

It is to our advantage to have securities do nothing price-wise for months, or perhaps years, while we are buying them.

— Warren Buffett