The Intelligent Investor , 3rd Ed.: The Timeless Guide to Value Investing and Financial Wisdom for a Volatile Market by Benjamin Graham on Bookclubs, the Learn from the father of value investing, Benjamin Graham, and his updated commentary by Jason Zweig. This book is the stock market bible for long-term strategies and financial goals. The Intelligent Investor was the first book I read when I joined Forbes Magazine as a cub reporter in 1987, and I was struck by Graham’s certainty that, sooner or later, all bull markets must end badly. That October, U.S. stocks suf-fered their worst one-day crash in history, and I was hooked.