Security analysis : principles and technique / Benjamin Graham and David L. Dodd.

Foreword / by warren E. Buffett, xi -- Preface to the sixth edition -- the Timeless Wisdom of Graham and Dodd / by Seth A. Klarman, xiii -- Preface to the second edition, xli -- Preface to the first edition, xliii -- Introduction to the sixth edition / Benjamin Graham and security Analysis: The historical backdrop / by James Grant, 1 -- Introduction to the second edition, 21 -- Part I. Survey and approach. Introduction to part I -- The essential lessons / By Roger Lowenstein, 39 -- 1. The scope and limits of security analysis. The concept of intrinsic value, 61 -- 2. Fundamental elements in the problem of analysis. Quantitative and qualitative factors, 75 -- 3. Sources of information, 89 -- 4. Distinctions between investment and speculation, 100 -- 5. Classification of securities 112 -- Part II -- Fixed - value investments -- Introduction to Part II -- Unshackling bonds / by Howard S. Marks, 123 -- Part III Senior securities with speculative features -- Introduction to Part III -- "Blood and judgement" / by J. Ezra Merkin, 265 -- Part IV. Theory of common-stock investment. The dividend factor -- Introduction to Part IV. Go with the flow / by Bruce Berkowitz, 339 -- Part V. Analysis of the income account. The earnings factor in common-stock valuation, 393 -- Introduction to Part V. The quest for rational investing / By Glenn H. Greenberg, 395 -- Part VI. Balance-sheet analysis. Implications of asset values -- Introduction to Part VI. Deconstructing the balance sheet / by Bruce Greenwald, 535 -- Part VII. Additional aspects of security analysis. Discrepancies between price and value -- Introduction to part VII -- The great illusion of the stock market and the future of value investing / by David Abrams, 617 -- Part VIII. Global value investing. Globetrotting with Graham and Dodd / by Thomas A. Russo, 713 -- Appendix see accompanying cd -- About this edition, 725 -- Acknowledgments, 727 -- About the contributors, 729 -- About the authors, 733 -- Index, 735.