What this book expects to accomplish
Investment versus speculation, results to be expected by the intelligent investor
Century of stock-market history, the level of stock prices in early 1972
General portfolio policy, the defensive investor
Defensive investor and common stocks
Portfolio policy for the enterprising investor, negative approach
Portfolio policy for the enterprising investor, the positive side
Investor and market fluctuations
Investing in investment funds
Investor and his advisers
Security analysis for the lay investor, general approach
Things to consider about per-share earnings
Comparison of four listed companies
Stock selection for the defensive investor
Stock selection for the enterprising investor
Convertible issues and warrants
Four extremely instructive case histories
Comparison of eight pairs of companies
Shareholders and managements, dividend policy
"Margin of safety" as the central concept of investment
Appendixes: Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville; Important rules concerning taxability of investment income and security transactions, in 1972; Basics of investment taxation, updated as of 2003; New speculation in common stocks; Case history, Aetna Maintenance Co.; Tax accounting for NVF's acquisition of Sharon Steel shares; Technological companies as investments.