Street Capitalist: Event Driven Value Investments » Benjamin Graham http://streetcapitalist.com Wisdom on such diverse topics as: spin-offs, merger arbitrage, post-bankruptcy equities, global macro commentary and short ideas. Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:26:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 Benjamin Graham: No Mathematical Relationship between Yield and Risk http://streetcapitalist.com/2010/05/14/benjamin-graham-no-mathematical-relationship-between-yield-and-risk/ http://streetcapitalist.com/2010/05/14/benjamin-graham-no-mathematical-relationship-between-yield-and-risk/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 14:47:18 +0000 Tariq http://streetcapitalist.com/?p=1034 I am traveling at the moment, so posting might be a bit less frequent than usual.

My friend Sean has been reading the 1940 edition of Security Analysis. He pointed out to me that some of Benjamin Graham’s writings are still relevant today. Here is one in particular, where you can almost see why Graham would have never gotten behind an idea like credit default swaps:

Benjamin Graham on Yield and Risk
Benjamin Graham: No Mathematical Relationship between Yield and Risk

Click on the link to head over to Google Books where you can scroll down and read the rest of the passage. I highly recommend it.

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“An investment operation is one, which, upon thorough analysis, promises safety of principal and a satisfactory return. Operations not meeting these requirements are speculative.” – Benjamin Graham

Benjamin Graham Investment Venn Diagram

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