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Value Line Investment Survey

Disciplines:
finance/financial analysis
research/stock research
finance/investment research
finance/securities

Summary

American investment research publication founded in 1931 by Arnold Bernhard — providing standardized single-page analysis of 1,700 stocks — which Warren Buffett cited as the best stock research source available to individual investors.

Core Contribution

Created the standardized single-page stock analysis format — timeliness and safety ratings, key financial data, and a business description on one page — making quality stock analysis accessible to individual investors and establishing the template for independent equity research.

Historical Influences

Arnold Bernhard Benjamin Graham value investing

Intellectual Lineage

Arnold Bernhard VisionGreat Depression Investment Research Need

Contemporaries & Peers

MorningstarStandard & Poor'sMoody's

Minds Influenced

Individual investor research toolsEquity research format standards

Intellectual Posterity

Value LineTimeliness rankingValue Line Investment Survey

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