Ben Graham has a lot of ideas about what you should avoid

You’ve probably observed that Ben Graham has a lot of ideas about what you should avoid.

Defensive investors should avoid everything but large, prominent companies with a long history of paying dividends.

Even enterprising investors should avoid junk bonds, foreign bonds, preferred stocks, and IPOs.

To put it simply, Graham doesn’t like risk. It comes through time and time again in every chapter of the book - do the footwork, minimize risk, and don’t swing for the fences.


http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/11/28/the-intelligent-investor-the-positive-side-to-portfolio-policy-for-the-enterprising-investor/