Security Analysis: Sixth Edition, Foreword by Warren Buffett (Security Analysis Prior Editions)

pb"A road map for investing that I have now been following for 57 years."br--From the Foreword by Warren E. Buffett/b/br pFirst published in 1934, iSecurity Analysis/i is one of the most influential financial books ever written. Selling more than one million copies through five editions, it has provided generations of investors with the timeless value investing philosophy and techniques of Benjamin Graham and David L. Dodd./p pAs relevant today as when they first appeared nearly 75 years ago, the teachings of Benjamin Graham, “the father of value investing,” have withstood the test of time across a wide diversity of market conditions, countries, and asset classes./p pThis new sixth edition, based on the classic 1940 version, is enhanced with 200 additional pages of commentary from some of today’s leading Wall Street money managers. These masters of value investing explain why the principles and techniques of Graham and Dodd are still highly relevant even in today’s vastly different markets. The contributor list includes:/p ullibSeth A. Klarman,/b president of The Baupost Group, L.L.C. and author of iMargin of Safety/i libJames Grant,/b founder of iGrant's Interest Rate Observer/i, general partner of Nippon Partners libJeffrey M. Laderman,/b twenty-five year veteran of iBusinessWeek/i libRoger Lowenstein/b, author of iBuffett: The Making of an American Capitalist/i and iWhen America Aged/i and Outside Director, Sequoia Fund libHoward S. Marks, CFA,/b Chairman and Co-Founder, Oaktree Capital Management L.P. libJ. Ezra Merkin,/b Managing Partner, Gabriel Capital Group . libBruce Berkowitz,/b Founder, Fairholme Capital Management. libGlenn H. Greenberg,/b Co-Founder and Managing Director, Chieftain Capital Management libBruce Greenwald,/b Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Finance and Asset Management, Columbia Business School libDavid Abrams,/b Managing Member, Abrams Capital/ul pFeaturing a foreword by Warren E. Buffett (in which he reveals that he has read the 1940 masterwork “at least four times”), this new edition of iSecurity Analysis/i will reacquaint you with the foundations of value investing—more relevant than ever in the tumultuous 21st century markets./p (20080617)