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Joel Greenblatt, Master of Smart, Terse Investment Books

I received Joel Greenblatt’s new book last week, The Big Secret for the Small Investor. I was able to devour it in a few hours and The Finance Professionals’ Post agreed to let me review it. Greenblatt is the master … Continue reading

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Aswath Damodaran’s Conversion on the Road to Chicago

In a recent blogpost, Aswath Damodaran talks about his conversion on the road to Chicago (that is, his acceptance of reality as it is versus his belief in reality as stipulated by Eugene Fama of the University of Chicago). Enjoy: … Continue reading

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The Brandes Institute’s Latest Research; BI Added to the Value Investing Resources List

The Brandes Institute is a subsidiary of value-investing firm Brandes Investment Partners and it publishes investment research in academic and professional journals as well as on its website. I have included a link to their research in the Value Investing Resources … Continue reading

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Controversy in the World of Index Investors

Is Your Index Fund Broken? Smart Money By the Numbers by Jack Hough Published January 31, 2011 The Journal of Indexes gives academic treatment to bland investments, and so might not seem a likely source of hot controversy. The latest … Continue reading

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Aswath Damodaran on Herding Behavior

I have read Aswath’s blog a few times and I am adding it to our blogroll today. He is a professor of finance at NYU’s Stern School of Business and has spoken at CFA Institute conferences. His comments on last … Continue reading

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Why Investors Herd: Jason Zweig’s Latest The Intelligent Investor Column in the WSJ

I do not always agree with Jason Zweig’s recommendations, but we definitely share a similar investing philosophy, and I do agree with him often. The usual reason that I disagree with Jason is that he is more resigned than I … Continue reading

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The Latest Research on Active versus Passive Management

I thought this article from Morningstar.com was interesting. I will have to read the original studies: Are Fidelity Managers Active Enough?  It’s tough to beat the market by emulating it, but that doesn’t stop money managers at Fidelity and elsewhere … Continue reading

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