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History | Mission
NYSSA's History | Mission
History
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NYSSA Founding Member
Benjamin Graham
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The New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA) has been a leading
forum for the investment community since 1937. That year, a small group
of security analysts decided to turn their casual lunch gatherings into
a series of regular meetings. They held an organizational luncheon in a
private dining room of the New York Chamber of Commerce. It was there
that NYSSA was conceived, with a membership of approximately 20
analysts, including Benjamin Graham, the “father of securities
analysis” and one of the most influential men in the history of
finance. In September of that year, the Society held its first formal
program, at which Lawrence Klybert of Alexander Eisemann & Co. spoke
on “Options – Their Effect on the Market Price of
Stocks.” By 1939, the Society had grown to 82 members. Today, with
more than 11,000 members, NYSSA is the largest of the more than 135
societies worldwide that comprise
CFA Institute.
Mission
NYSSA was incorporated in 1940, and its purpose remains true to this
day: to establish and maintain a high standard of professional ethics in
the security analysis field; to improve analytical techniques; to foster
the interchange of ideas and information among security analysts; and to
promote proper understanding of the function of financial and security
analysis and the operation of the security markets.
As a not-for-profit educational organization, NYSSA
is committed to the promotion of best practices and the highest
professional and ethical standards in the investment industry. NYSSA
also strives to assist our members and other financial professionals in
their career development.
