Joel Greenblatt: "The Little Book that Beats the Market" | Talks at Google

Joel Greenblatt is a managing partner of Gotham Capital, a hedge fund that he founded in 1985 and Gotham Asset Management, a manager of hedge funds and long/short mutual funds. He is the former Chairman of the Board of Alliant Techsystems, a NYSE listed aerospace and defense company. Since 1996, he has been a professor on the adjunct faculty of Columbia Business School where he teaches Value and Special Situation Investing. He is the author of three books, You Can Be A Stock Market Genius (1997), The Little Book That Beats The Market (2005), and The Big Secret for the Small Investor (2011). Mr. Greenblatt is a co-founder of Success Academy Charter Schools, a network of 41 charter schools in New York City and the former Chairman of the Board of Overseers of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a BS and an MBA from the Wharton School. Brief outline of topics covered: How to think about the Stock Market Active vs. Passive Investing, which should you choose? Is the market really efficient? What does that mean? What is the opportunity for active investors, if any? What are the opportunities for individual investors? How should most people invest? How should you invest? This talk moderated by Saurabh Madaan.

Comments

1. he is a bullshit guy and he's book is also bullshit
2. his ah...ah.... annoys me... bullshit
3. Way too much usage of "uhhh".
4. fucking arbitrage, I have heard better lecture
5. This is one of the best presentations ever about investing.
6. This is just awesome! So educating. Thank you Talks @ Google!
7. Yes ! I am 20 years old and I am proud of myself for seeing this video!
   Now where is that compound interest table!!!
8. when. are we getting Warren Buffett on Google Talks? 🙂🙏🙏
9. I love VIC!
10. Great presentation. It's ridiculous that some complain about uhms. I haven't even noticed them. But that maybe because I actually payed attention to the content.
11. Did you guys actually watch at least half of the video or just complained about the "Uhhs" and close the window?
12. I need to turn off after 5 minutes . . could not take more Uhhhh . . .
13. Uhhhh, uhhh, uhhh, uhhh, maybe you could work on not saying uhhh after every word.
14. Very good talk. Thank you.