Benjamin Graham has been called the most important investment thinker of the twentieth century. As a master investor, pioneering stock analyst and mentor to investment superstars, he has no peer.

Written just three years after his landmark Security Analysis, The Interpretation of Financial Statements gets to the heart of the master's ideas on value investing in astonishingly few pages. Readers will learn to analyze a company's balance sheets and income statements and arrive at a true understanding of its financial position and earnings record. Graham provides simple tests any reader can apply to determine the financial health and well-being of any company.