Value Investing Book Summaries

Find undervalued gems using time-tested principles

  • Deep Value by Tobias Carlisle
  • Margin of Safety by Seth Klarman
  • Security Analysis by Benjamin Graham & David Dodd
  • The Art of Value Investing by John Heins & Whitney Tilson
  • The Dhandho Investor by Mohnish Pabrai
  • The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham
  • The Little Book of Value Investing by Christopher Browne
  • The Little Book That Still Beats the Market by Joel Greenblatt
  • The Most Important Thing by Howard Marks
  • Value Investing: From Graham to Buffett and Beyond by Bruce Greenwald
  • You Can Be a Stock Market Genius by Joel Greenblatt

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