Once you have your capital, invest 50% of it into bonds or an index fund (depending on market conditions) while the other 50% to be invested on individual stocks.

However, when investing on individual stocks make sure of the ff:

• avoid small cap stocks unless they're diversif...

In Benjamin Graham's book, he defines two types of investors based on the aggressiveness of their portfolios:

1. The active / enterprising investor; and
2. The passive / defensive investor

The former requires continuous researching o...

Before investing your capital:

• make sure that their current ratio is below 1.5
• debt must be no more than 110% of working capital
• current earnings per share must be greater than their earnings per share (EPS) from 5 years ago
• they must pay a current dividend...

The investor believes that the market price is judged based on the established standards of value while the spectator bases all their judgment on market price.

To distinguish whether you are the intelligent investor or a speculator ask yourself whether or not you would invest on a stock ...

This is a principle of investing wherein an investor purchases securities only when their market price is significantly below their intrinsic value.

The formula to determine the intrinsic value of something is:

Margin of Safety = Market Cap / Deep Value Barg...

1. Intelligent investing requires a thorough analysis of the company's (that you'll be investing in) fundamentals
2. Includes the competency to protect himself from or against severe losses
3. An intelligent investor must not anticipate extraordinary results therefore keeping expec...