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How Ben Graham's Financial Strategies Still Have Merit Today Phil Town breaks down the benefits of value investing.

By Phil Town

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In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Phil Town discusses the history of value investing and its significance for your modern investing strategies. Buying low and selling high makes a lot of sense in theory, but it is rarely ever so simple.

Town explains that in the 1930s, Ben Graham made a deliberate effort to snap up undervalued stocks before other investors. While value investing has changed since then, Town says that modern investors can use value investing in new ways to help them make money. These tactics include understanding what is the true value of a company as well as maintaining patience throughout the research process.

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Phil Town is an Investment Advisor, Hedge Fund Manager, 2x New York Times Best-Selling Author of Rule #1 & Payback Time, and Ex-Grand Canyon River Rafting Guide. Rule #1 Investing is Warren Buffett style investing, teaching you how to buy businesses on sale, with little risk and 15 percent returns. In fact, Rule #1 investing is practically immune to the ups and downs of the stock market.

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