You Can Be a Stock Market Genius Even if Youre Not Too Smart: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits by Joel Greenblatt

Can a book teach you how to beat the pants off the stock market? After all, billion-dollar portfolio managers cant do it -- and if they cant, they figure no one can. Business-school professors not only say its impossible, but they can cart out plenty of statistics to prove it. So, why should you buy this book? Because Joel Greenblatt has been beating the pants off the stock market (with returns of 50 percent a year) for more than ten years. And now hes willing to show you how to do it, too. Here, in this witty and accessible guide, youll learn the secret hiding places of stock market profits. Youll see how simple it is to succeed where the professionals and the professors have failed. No special tools are required. No degrees are needed. All it takes is a little time and a little effort, and You Can Be a Stock Market Genius. But whos Joel Greenblatt and why should you listen to him? Hes the former chairman of a Fortune 500 company and founder of Gotham Capital, an investment partnership whose stock portfolio achieved returns of $52 for each $1 invested at its inception. Now hes ready to reveal all his secrets. This book will show you how to uncover the investment opportunities that the experts are actually trained to miss. Youll learn the hidden value and the incredible profits that lie waiting in those uncharted areas where the individual investor has a huge advantage over the Wall Street pros. This is not a book full of theoretical possibilities; You Can Be a Stock Market Genius is a practical guide to finding those special situations in which big profits are possible. Its all here, including specific case studies, the background information you need, and the tools youll use. If youre an investor who wants to beat the market, youve come to the right place. If you want to be a stock market genius, just think of this book as your personal treasure map to the secret hiding places of the stock market profits that youve been looking for.

Author: Joel Greenblatt

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover

Pages: 304

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: 1997-03-01