Martin J. Whitman

The Aggressive Conservative Investor will never go out of date. Regulation, disclosure, and other things may change, but the general approach and mindset to successful investing are timeless. Read this book and you will learn the rudiments of 'safe and cheap' investing. An essential read for every amateur and professional investor. --Stan Garstka, Deputy Dean & Professor in the Practice...

The value investing methodology featured in this text discards the standard practice of excessive price watching and replaces it with a "bottom-up" approach. Investors learn how to take full advantage of a host of real-world factors, including public policy, mergers and acquisitions, government and corporate finance. Whitman's is a controversial attack on the practice of focusing on price movement and...