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So one way to create an attractive risk/reward situation is to limit downside risk severely by investing in situations that have a large margin of safety. The upside, while still difficult to quantify, will usually take care of itself. In other words, look down, not up, when making your initial investment decision. If you don't lose money, most of the remaining alternatives are good ones.

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Something out of the ordinary course of business is taking place that creates an investment opportunity. The list of corporate events that can result in big profits for you runs the gamut—spinoffs, mergers, restructurings, rights offerings, bankruptcies, liquidations, asset sales, distributions.

Joel Greenblatt

The more confidence I have in each one of my stock picks, the fewer companies I need to own in my portfolio to feel comfortable.

Joel Greenblatt

Remember, it's the quality of your ideas not the quantity that will result in the big money.

Joel Greenblatt

It just seems logical that sticking to investing in only a small number of companies that you understand well, rather than moving down the list to your thirtieth or fiftieth favorite pick, would create a much greater potential to earn above-average investment returns.

Joel Greenblatt

Joel Greenblatt

Joel Greenblatt

Born: December 13, 1957 (age 68)

Bio: Joel Greenblatt is an American academic, hedge fund manager, investor, and writer. He is a value investor, and adjunct professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.

Known for:

The Little Book That Beats the Market (2006)
You Can Be a Stock Market Genius (1997)

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