#111 Joel Greenblatt: Investing Made Simple

Dr. Giulia Enders has changed the way millions of people think about the human body. As a physician, microbiome researcher, and bestselling author, she has spent years studying the surprising role the gut plays in everything from digestion and immunity to mood, sleep, metabolism, ...  Show more

Bill Gurley spent years on Wall Street, built his career as a partner at Benchmark, worked through Uber’s hypergrowth era, and now serves on the board of the Santa Fe Institute, where he studies complexity and systems thinking. In this episode, Bill shares the mental models he re ...  Show more

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 10:18 - How to take positions in the market with a $5 upside and a $1 downside. 13:14 - How to make money in spin-offs. 26:45 - How to make money in risk arbitrage and merger securities. 45:57 - How call options work. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the ex ...  Show more

On today’s episode, Clay Finck reviews Joel Tillinghast’s book, Big Money Thinks Small, and does analysis on two companies built around acquisitions - Brown and Brown Insurance and Constellation Software. Joel is an incredible long-term investor as he has consistently outperforme ...  Show more

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Joel Greenblatt, who serves as managing principal and co-chief investment officer of Gotham Asset Management. Greenblatt is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School, where he teaches value and special situation i ...  Show more

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: How Joel Greenblatt crushed the market by making big, bold bets on cheap stocks. How a freak investment disaster taught him never to forget that bad things happen. Why he believes that the greatest investors tend to have “a screw loose.” How he hand ...  Show more