Magic Formula Investing

Joel Greenblatt Launches New Fund

“I’ve been making money over the years, and we have adopted those into a quantitative framework,” says Greenblatt. “But it is still driven by our investor skills.” Joel Greenblatt is launching Gotham Asset Management LLC. according to a Business Wire press release. According to the press release, the firm will offer “domestic and international value [...]

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Joel Greenblatt Discussing The Little Book That STILL Beats The Market

This interview is almost two weeks old but I thought the magic formula investing community would be interested in this appearance of Joel Greenblatt on CNBC. I believe it is on the exact date of when The Little Book That STILL Beats The Market was released. The most important comment Joel made in my opinion [...]

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The Little Book That Beats The Market

Following yesterday’s article on Joel Greenblatt‘s new book The Little Book That Still Beats The Market, I could not help but reflect upon the significance it has made in my investing career. Prior to reading the Little Book, I was practicing value investing for a couple of years. I’ve learned a great deal from some [...]

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The Little Book That STILL Beats The Market

It has been 5 years since Joel Greenblatt introduced the finance world to the magic formula. According to Amazon, the book has sold more than 300,000 copies and has been tested by many investors to see whether or not the magic formula could be applied successfully in today’s markets. For those still new to the [...]

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Calculating Earnings Yield

The principles of magic formula investing was laid out in Joel Greenblatt’s The Little Book That Beats The Market.  For years, I have wrote on my findings and experiences but I feel its a bit unfair for those who are new to investing and the world of finance. And while the little book might have [...]

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Joel Greenblatt’s Forbes Interview- Magic Formula Investing

Joel Greenblatt’s Forbes Interview Notes On Joel Greenblatt’s Forbes Interview The magic formula is basic value investing Based on Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett “Buy Cheap” came from Benjamin Graham “Good Business ” came from Warren Buffett Enterprise Value which stock price amount of debt/share the company has Magic Formula Investing takes into account top [...]

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Joel Greenblatt: Expanding The Magic Formula

Magic Formula Investing author Joel Greenblatt was interviewed by Forbes. The video portion of the Joel Greenblatt talks about establishing a global fund based on the magic formula principles of finding good businesses (High Return On Invested Capital)selling at an attractive valuations (Earnings Yield). The interesting part of the “Magic Formula Global Fund” is Joel [...]

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Magic Formula Investing

Quick Introduction to Magic Formula Investing The main focus of this website is centered around a value investing method that was introduced by Joel Greenblatt of Gotham Capital in The Little Book That Beats The Market in 2005 in which he eventually called the magic formula investing system. Also known as magic formula investing or [...]

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