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Intelligent Investment Today - The Warren Buffett Way
Value Investment - INTELLIGENT INVESTMENT TODAY, a Shortcast "mini-podcast" series each around ten minutes, focusing on the teachings of the father of the value investment approach, Benjamin Graham, the teacher and mentor to the most successful investor of all time Warren Buffett.
Designed for the complete novice without any experience in the stock market as well as the more experienced investor wishing to reacquaint themselves with the likes of "Mr Market" and "The margin of safety principle".
Intelligent Investment Today - The Warren Buffett Way
Margin of Safety: The Key to Defensive Investing
In this edition we re-examine one of the central tenets of value investment - The Margin Of Safety Principle. This principle was put forward by Benjamin Graham to insure against mistakes or errors of judgement in the selection of stock. The principles demands a discount to intrinsic value to create a buffer zone against the risks associated with being wrong. In this episode we shall look in closer detail at the principle and consider what this margin should be in percentage terms.