Rethinking Value Investing for a Global Age

by Jeffrey Towson

Overview

This is the eBook version of the printed book.

This Element is an excerpt from What Would Ben Graham Do Now?: A New Value Investing Playbook for a Global Age (9780132173230) by Jeffrey Towson. Available in print and digital formats.

 

How to adapt Ben Graham’s powerful value investing approach for the realities of today’s fast-shifting global markets.

 

The world’s tallest building is in Dubai, its largest phone company in China, its richest person in Mexico. The first truly global century arrived much faster than anticipated–and it’s caught many smart investors flat-footed. Ben Graham’s core concept of intrinsic value remains the anchor for investing in this new world. But today’s general chaos presents growing challenges for traditional value methodology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780132821339
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	04/21/2011
Series:	FT Press Delivers Elements
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	10
File size:	772 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Jeffrey Towson is a specialist in global and cross-border investing, and is Managing Partner of the Towson Group, an investment firm based in New York, Dubai, and Shanghai. He previously served as Head of Direct Investments for Middle East North Africa and Asia Pacific for Prince Waleed, arguably the world’s first private global investor and nicknamed the “Arabian Warren Buffett” by Time magazine. Towson is a frequent writer and speaker on the topic of global investing (www.jeffreytowson.com). He is a Fellow at Cambridge University’s Judge School of Business and cohead of the Current Topics in Chinese Strategy and Investment Course at Peking University Guanghua Business School in Beijing.