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From The Archives: Benjamin Graham's Advice For Investing In Special Situations

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Rupert Hargreaves
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Benjamin Graham was the godfather of value investing and even today his common sense approach to investing provides a road map for long-term success, which can easily be replicated by any investor.

Following a piece last week on Walter Schloss’ criteria for company liquidations, which drew on Benjamin Graham's advice for investing in special situations, this article looks at Benjamin Graham's advice for investing in special situations. This advice was published in the Q4 1946 issue of the Analyst’s Journal. The advice was originally presented in the book, Security Analysis 1951 edition (Pages 729 – 734).

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Sign up now and get our in-depth FREE e-books on famous investors like Klarman, Dalio, Schloss, Munger Rupert is a committed value investor and regularly writes and invests following the principles set out by Benjamin Graham. He is the editor and co-owner of Hidden Value Stocks, a quarterly investment newsletter aimed at institutional investors. Rupert owns shares in Berkshire Hathaway. Rupert holds qualifications from the Chartered Institute For Securities & Investment and the CFA Society of the UK. Rupert covers everything value investing for Hedge Fund Alpha