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The Little Book That Beats the Market
Book • 2005
In this book, Joel Greenblatt provides a straightforward and accessible guide to value investing.
He introduces a 'magic formula' that helps investors identify and purchase good businesses at below-average prices.
The formula, explained using simple math and humor, has been extensively tested and proven to be effective in beating the market and professional managers.
The book also explores why success often eludes individual and professional investors and why the formula remains viable even after widespread knowledge of it.
Updated editions include data and analysis from the recent financial crisis and model performance through 2009.
He introduces a 'magic formula' that helps investors identify and purchase good businesses at below-average prices.
The formula, explained using simple math and humor, has been extensively tested and proven to be effective in beating the market and professional managers.
The book also explores why success often eludes individual and professional investors and why the formula remains viable even after widespread knowledge of it.
Updated editions include data and analysis from the recent financial crisis and model performance through 2009.
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Mentioned in 19 episodes
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as a resource used by Monish Pabrai to find distressed industries and businesses.


Kyle Grieve

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TIP714: Bet Big, Bet Rarely: The Dhandho Investing Playbook w/ Kyle Grieve
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as a book explaining how to invest, written for his five children.


William Green

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RWH003: How To Win The Investing Game w/ Joel Greenblatt
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as a book offering insights into value investing.


Clay Finck

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TIP517: Mohnish Pabrai's Dhandho Investment Framework
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as a book detailing Greenblatt's strategy of buying cheap and good companies.


Roger Fan

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TIP677: You Can Be a Stock Market Genius w/ Roger Fan
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as one of 

's books about investing.


Shane Parrish


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#111 Joel Greenblatt: Investing Made Simple
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as a book that simplifies financial concepts for investors.


Mary Long

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Aswath Damodaran: Read Less. Think More.
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while discussing his investment strategy of buying undervalued assets.

Matt Clark

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$100M Founder: I Stopped Investing In My Business To Do This Instead | Matt Clark
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as a well-known investing formula explained in the book.

Marcel Schwartz

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as an investing classic and one of his most gifted books.

Trey Lockerbie

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TIP339: Common Sense Investing w/ Joel Greenblatt
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as a must-read for understanding ETF strategies.

Michael Venuto

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when discussing a quantitative value strategy.


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as a best-selling investing book.

Shawn O'Malley

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as a good starting book for investors to understand how to think about valuing businesses.

Chris Pavese

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while discussing important metrics for tracking business performance and achieving above-average returns.


Alex Hormozi

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as part of a series of introductory investment books.

Ron Gross

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while discussing Warren Buffett's investment philosophy and criteria for stock picking.

John Rotonti

Lessons from Buffett’s Investing Framework
Mentioned by the podcast hosts as a book outlining the "magic formula" for stock picking.

TIP136: Joel Greenblatt - You Can Be A Stock Market Genius (Business Podcast)
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as a book outlining the "magic formula" for beating the market.


Stig Brodersen

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as a book that showed that if you follow certain populations of companies based on ROIC-esque calculation and free cash flow-esque metric, you would succeed.

Dennis Lynch

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as a source of inspiration for his investment approach.

Tristan Waine

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