In a twist of cruel timing, Benjamin Graham moved into the grandest residence of his life just before the stock market crash of October 1929. He had no idea that his opulent duplex—spanning two lavish upper floors of the newly completed Beresford Apartments—would become a gilded harbinger of his financial ruin. In the ensuing months, he watched with mounting mortification as 70 percent of the Benjamin Graham Joint Account’s value vanished before his eyes. The post Loss Amid Luxury: The ...
