#111 Joel Greenblatt: Investing Made Simple

Bill Marriott built the largest hotel company in the world. But he didn’t open his first hotel until he was 55 and he fought against it the whole way. In fact, the man that would go on to build the world’s largest hotel chain started with a nine-seat root beer stand in Washington ...  Show more

Robinhood's co-founder reveals the brutal reality of surviving an 80% market crash, going "founder mode" to cut corporate bloat, and what actually happened during GameStop. Vlad Tenev is the co-founder and CEO of Robinhood. Not only did he navigate the unprecedented GameStop cris ...  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 ...  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 ...  Show more