The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham

3 Bullet Book: 2020, book #49: “The stock of a growing company, if purchasable at a suitable price, is obviously preferable to others. No matter how enthusiastic the investor may feel about the prospects of a particular company, however, he should set a limit upon the price that he is willing to pay for such prospects.” — Benjamin Graham

Finished on July 12, 2020

This is the investing book. If you asked any 10 people who have worked in any area of finance and investing for at least 10 years, I bet half of them would share that this book was one of the best they’ve read. This book was a little different than I anticipated but I also do have a pretty solid foundational understanding of investing at this point. I enjoyed the learning and the study yet, this is not a book I would frequently review or reference. That might change in the future should I decide to get deeper into investing and managing my portfolios all myself.

The 3 Bullets

1. Early on in the book, there was a great analogy with the example of Mr. Market and the shares you owned within a private…