Here’s a great recent interview with Joel Greenblatt at CNBC discussing value investing and the one promise that he makes to his new value investing students at Columbia University, saying: We value businesses like we’re a private equity firm. That’s what stocks are. They’re not pieces of paper that bounce … Read More
Joel Greenblatt – Great Value Investors Need To Be Cold Hearted JellyBean Counters
Here’s a great video with Joel Greenblatt at the CFA’s Distinguished Speaker Series. During the presentation Greenblatt recounts the story of how he was able to explain the stock market and value investing to a ninth grade class, using a big jar of jellybeans. Greenblatt says: I have a friend … Read More
Joel Greenblatt: Q3 2018 Top 10 Holdings
One of the best resources for investors are the publicly available 13F-HR documents that each fund is required to submit to the SEC. These documents allow investors to track their favorite superinvestors, their fund’s current holdings, plus their new buys and sold out positions. We spend a lot of time … Read More
Joel Greenblatt: Redefining ‘Traditional’ Value Investing So That It Never Goes Out Of Favor
Here’s a great interview with Joel Greenblatt at Bloomberg in which he discusses the types of businesses he’s currently looking for and how he’s redefined the ‘traditional’ value investing strategy so that it never goes out of favor’ Here’s an excerpt from the interview: We try to stick to companies … Read More
Joel Greenblatt: Today’s Opportunity Set Is Significant
We’ve just finished reading Joel Greenblatt’s Q318 market commentary in which he says: U.S. Equity Markets Remain Very Expensive (based on our 28 year valuation history) Valuations are high Markets are speculative The Large Disparity Between Growth & Value has continued Outperformance of growth and momentum driven indexes over value … Read More
Joel Greenblatt: 17 Books That Every Investor Should Read
We recently started a series called – Superinvestors: Books That Every Investor Should Read. So far we’ve provided book recommendations from: Charles Munger: 32 Books That Every Investor Should Read Seth Klarman: 32 Books That Every Investor Should Read Warren Buffett: 35 Books That Every Investor Should Read Bill Ackman: … Read More
Joel Greenblatt: Top 10 Holdings, New Buys, Sold Out Positions
One of the best resources for investors are the publicly available 13F-HR documents that each fund is required to submit to the SEC. These documents allow investors to track their favorite superinvestors, their fund’s current holdings, plus their new buys and sold out positions. We spend a lot of time … Read More
Joel Greenblatt Says Opportunity Is There If You Know How to Value Businesses
Here’s a great interview with Joel Greenblatt speaking to Erik Schatzker at Bloomberg Markets. Greenblatt discusses active versus passive investing and some of the reasons why he still believes active investing is the better option saying: “I was asked to give a speech at Google last year and I started it … Read More
Joel Greenblatt: You’re Not Likely To Be The Next Buffett Or Lynch. Figuring Out Which Businesses Are The Great Ones Is The Tough Part
One of the best investing books ever written was – You Can Be A Stock Market Genius, by Joel Greenblatt. It’s a must read for all investors. There’s one passage in particular in which Greenblatt discusses the difficulty of making investment decisions like Warren Buffett or Peter Lynch saying: “The … Read More
Joel Greenblatt – The 3 Golden Rules Of Successful Value Investing
Here’s a great article published at Forbes recently regarding one of our favorite value investors, Joel Greenblatt. The article is written by Jack Schwager, author of the Market Wizards series, in which he recounts his interview with Joel Greenblatt for one of his books. Schwager recalls some of the insightful parts of the … Read More
Acquirer’s Multiple Stocks Featuring In Watsa, Greenblatt, Simons Portfolios
One of the new weekly additions here at The Acquirer’s Multiple features some of the top picks from our All Investable Stock Screener and some top investors that have added, or are holding these same picks in their portfolios. Investors such as Joel Greenblatt, Jim Simons, Prem Watsa, Jeremy Grantham, and Howard … Read More
Joel Greenblatt – Individual Investors Can Beat Professional Investors, Here’s How
A lot of individual investors mistakenly believe that it’s impossible to beat the results achieved by professional investors. This could not be further from the truth according to Joel Greenblatt in his great investing book – The Big Secret for the Small Investor. Greenblatt illustrates how small investors can outperform … Read More
Superinvestors Agree That Business Schools Don’t Make You A Better Investor
While a lot of investors believe that a good finance course at one of the world’s most prestigious business schools is a sure-fire way to becoming a better investor, it seems that some of the greatest investors disagree. Here’s what Buffett, Munger, Greenblatt, Pabrai, and Lynch have to say about … Read More
Joel Greenblatt – The Secret To Diversification Is Not Owning More Stocks
One of the biggest questions facing most investors is how may stocks to hold to provide the appropriate level of diversification. Answers vary with some of the greatest investors preferring to make large bets on fewer stocks while others prefer to own dozens of stocks. One answer can be found … Read More
20 Timeless Investing Lessons From Joel Greenblatt
One of our favorite investors here at The Acquirer’s Multiple is Joel Greenblatt. Greenblatt is the Managing Partner of Gotham Capital, a hedge fund that he founded in 1985, and a Managing Principal of Gotham Asset Management. He is also the author of four books, You Can Be A Stock … Read More
Here’s A Couple Of ‘Tricks’ Greenblatt Teaches His MBA Students To Assess Potential Investments
One of the biggest problems facing investors is trying to figure out a good starting point for assessing potential investments. Additionally, another problem we face is trying to make comparisons between potential investments to figure out which one is the better investment. Some of the best answers to these challenges … Read More
Joel Greenblatt – Value Investing Doesn’t Always Work, Which Is Precisely Why It Works
One of the best reads for any investor is the book, Hedge Fund Market Wizards: How Winning Traders Win, by Jack Schwager. The book provides successful trading philosophies and strategies from fifteen traders who’ve consistently beaten the markets, one of which is Joel Greenblatt. In the book, Greenblatt discusses how he developed … Read More
Joel Greenblatt Says Todays Investors Can Win By Zigging When The Market’s Zagging
In a recent article at Bloomberg, Joel Greenblatt said, “Passive investing suits some, but isn’t discerning”, and “Investors can win by zigging when markets zag”. Here’s an excerpt from that article: The shift to passive strategies that hug stock market indexes is likely to continue, but that’s not all bad for … Read More
Joel Greenblatt – Individual Investors Can Beat Large Institutions And Passive Strategies – Here’s How
One of our favorite Joel Greenblatt interviews is one he did with Steve Forbes at Intelligent Investing. In this interview, Greenblatt explains how small investors can still beat large institutions. Greenblatt also discusses why investing in indexes like The Russell 1000 and the S&P 500 are seriously flawed even though … Read More
Howard Marks And Joel Greenblatt: “I Think You And I Would Agree That People Are Nuts.” Time Favors The Rational.
Earlier this year, Howard Marks and Joel Greenblatt came face to face at the inaugural Forbes and Shook Research Top Financial Advisor Summit in Las Vegas where it became apparent that their worldview is nearly identical. When speaking about the current market conditions the pair said, “Most people, including most people … Read More