You Can Be a Stock Market Genius

By: Joel Greenblatt

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 7 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's Summary

A comprehensive and practical guide to the stock market from a successful fund manager - filled with case studies, important background information, and all the tools you’ll need to become a stock market genius.

Fund manager Joel Greenblatt has been beating the Dow (with returns of 50 percent a year) for more than a decade. And now, in this highly accessible guide, he’s going to show you how to do it, too. You’re about to discover investment opportunities that portfolio managers, business-school professors, and top investment experts regularly miss - uncharted areas where the individual investor has a huge advantage over the Wall Street wizards. Here is your personal treasure map to special situations in which big profits are possible, including:

• Spin-offs
• Restructurings
• Merger securities
• Rights offerings
• Recapitalizations
• Bankruptcies
• Risk Arbitrage

©2010 Joel Greenblatt (P)2018 Simon & Schuster

Good book if interested in the niche he discusses

This is a good book if you’re interested in profiting from bankruptcies, mergers, acquisitions and spinoffs. If not, then it’s not an appropriate book for you.

Overall the reader was entertaining and the information interesting.

I had high hopes of this book

this work is highly recommended by several experts. however it's sort of difficult to follow and it's advanced not intermediate or beginner level. the author does point out some opportunities however there is no proof on the data particularly when you get to spin offs today for example there are ETF spinoff funds that don't beat the market as one of the many example of the books fallacies.

apologize for the grammar because my summary was a voice to text

needs an update

all examples are from pre-1994. even discussion about research is all pre-internet! needs a revision like most great books.

Too advanced for a simple investor

Most of the tips are irrelevant unless stock trading is your day job. The content seems to be valid and well grounded, but goes well beyond simple stock buy and sell.

Excellent program.

Outstanding, well researched narative. Well presented. Very interesting, and useful information. This book is a very good guidance for deeper research. Time well spend.

Educational, easy to grasp

Loved Greenblatt's humor all throughout. He's far from another "hot tip" talking head.

Ross was a pleasure to listen to!

Excellent book

I am a reasonably knowledgeable person in finance.. but was blown away from this book. It really goes into details and shares the secrets to outperform the market. Will recommend to any serious investor who is ready to put in work to get great results.

Old content but still interesting

The book was published in the mid 90s and I guess put into audiobook not that long ago? It was good. Some interesting insights. Though examples etc were quite dated.

Misleading title

He specializes in alternative investments not typical investments that most people seek. Corny sense of humor and u won't become a genius reading this title. I actually think it's a super big waste of time and the guys a fake. Did not improve my investment skills.