There’s a virtuous cycle when people have to defend challenges to their ideas. Any gaps in thinking or analysis become clear pretty quickly when smart people ask good, logical questions. You can’t be a good value investor without being an independent thinker – you’re seeing valuations that the market is not appreciating. But it’s critical that you understand why the market isn’t seeing the value you do. The back and forth that goes on in the investment process helps you get at that.
Here is part of the tradeoff with diversification. You must be diversified enough to survive bad times or bad luck so that skill and good process can… - Joel Greenblatt
Here is part of the tradeoff with diversification. You must be diversified enough to survive bad times or bad luck so that skill and good process can…
- Joel Greenblatt
Something out of the ordinary course of business is taking place that creates an investment opportunity. The list of corporate events that can result… - Joel Greenblatt
Something out of the ordinary course of business is taking place that creates an investment opportunity. The list of corporate events that can result…
If you spend your energies looking for and analysing situations not closely followed by other informed investors, your chance of finding bargains gre… - Joel Greenblatt
If you spend your energies looking for and analysing situations not closely followed by other informed investors, your chance of finding bargains gre…
Figure out what something is worth and pay a lot less. - Joel Greenblatt
Figure out what something is worth and pay a lot less.
The more confidence I have in each one of my stock picks, the fewer companies I need to own in my portfolio to feel comfortable. - Joel Greenblatt
The more confidence I have in each one of my stock picks, the fewer companies I need to own in my portfolio to feel comfortable.
Remember, it’s the quality of your ideas not the quantity that will result in the big money. - Joel Greenblatt
Remember, it’s the quality of your ideas not the quantity that will result in the big money.
Value investing doesn't always work. The market doesn't always agree with you. Over time, value is roughly the way the market prices stocks, but over… - Joel Greenblatt
Value investing doesn't always work. The market doesn't always agree with you. Over time, value is roughly the way the market prices stocks, but over…
So one way to create an attractive risk/reward situation is to limit downside risk severely by investing in situations that have a large margin of sa… - Joel Greenblatt
So one way to create an attractive risk/reward situation is to limit downside risk severely by investing in situations that have a large margin of sa…
My goal is to buy a company at a low multiple to normal earnings power several years out and that the company earns good returns on capital at that l… - Joel Greenblatt
My goal is to buy a company at a low multiple to normal earnings power several years out and that the company earns good returns on capital at that l…
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