 earned from it, and I just read hundreds of books. And one in particular, the Intelligent Investor by Ben Graham. That book changed my life. Because? I finally found a philosophy that made sense. Can you sum it up in terms that I would understand? It really says that a stock is a piece of a business. If you buy a piece of a good business and somebody's running it for you and they're honest and able and you pay a reasonable price, you're going to make a lot of money.