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A new but timeless strategy and mindset that should greatly help investors lower downside risk while achieving market outperformance

In The 52-Week Low Formula: A Contrarian Strategy that Lowers Risk, Beats the Market, and Overcomes Human Emotion, wealth manager Luke L. Wiley, CFP examines the principles behind selecting the outstanding companies and great investment opportunities that are being overlooked.

Along the way, Wiley offers a melding of the strategies used by such investment giants as Warren Buffett, Howard Marks, Michael Porter, Seth Klarman, and Pat Dorsey. His proven formula helps investors get the upper hand by identifying solid companies that are poised for growth but have fallen out of the spotlight.

  • Shows you how to investigate companies and identify opportunities
  • Includes detailed discussions of competitive advantage, purchase value, return on invested capital, and debt levels
  • Presents several case studies

    Table of Contents

    Introduction xiii

    Foreword xxvii

    Acknowledgments xxxi

    Chapter 1 The 52-Week Formula 1

    Chapter 2 Herding and the Bandwagon Effect 19

    Chapter 3 Filter 1: Competitive Advantage 25

    Chapter 4 Five Common Mistakes Investors Make 55

    Chapter 5 Filter 2: Free Cash Flow Yield 67

    Chapter 6 The Power of Fear and Decision Fatigue 83

    Chapter 7 Filter 3: Return on Invested Capital 91

    Chapter 8 This Time Is Never Different 105

    Chapter 9 Filter 4: Long-Term Debt to

    Free Cash Flow Ratio 109

    Chapter 10 The Sunk-Cost Bias and Pride and Regret 131

    Chapter 11 Filter 5: The 52-Week Low Formula and My Journey Trying to Disprove It 137

    Chapter 12 The Importance of Embracing a Trailing 12-Month Return of −25 Percent 151

    Chapter 13 The Problem with Selective Perception and Confirmation Basis 163

    Chapter 14 Putting It All Together 169

    Afterword 179

    About the Companion Website 183

    About the Author 185

    Index 189

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    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
    Publication Date: 30/05/2014
    ISBN13: 9781118853474, 978-1118853474
    ISBN10: 1118853474

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    A new but timeless strategy and mindset that should greatly help investors lower downside risk while achieving market outperformance

    In The 52-Week Low Formula: A Contrarian Strategy that Lowers Risk, Beats the Market, and Overcomes Human Emotion, wealth manager Luke L. Wiley, CFP examines the principles behind selecting the outstanding companies and great investment opportunities that are being overlooked.

    Along the way, Wiley offers a melding of the strategies used by such investment giants as Warren Buffett, Howard Marks, Michael Porter, Seth Klarman, and Pat Dorsey. His proven formula helps investors get the upper hand by identifying solid companies that are poised for growth but have fallen out of the spotlight.

    • Shows you how to investigate companies and identify opportunities
    • Includes detailed discussions of competitive advantage, purchase value, return on invested capital, and debt levels
    • Presents several case studies

      Table of Contents

      Introduction xiii

      Foreword xxvii

      Acknowledgments xxxi

      Chapter 1 The 52-Week Formula 1

      Chapter 2 Herding and the Bandwagon Effect 19

      Chapter 3 Filter 1: Competitive Advantage 25

      Chapter 4 Five Common Mistakes Investors Make 55

      Chapter 5 Filter 2: Free Cash Flow Yield 67

      Chapter 6 The Power of Fear and Decision Fatigue 83

      Chapter 7 Filter 3: Return on Invested Capital 91

      Chapter 8 This Time Is Never Different 105

      Chapter 9 Filter 4: Long-Term Debt to

      Free Cash Flow Ratio 109

      Chapter 10 The Sunk-Cost Bias and Pride and Regret 131

      Chapter 11 Filter 5: The 52-Week Low Formula and My Journey Trying to Disprove It 137

      Chapter 12 The Importance of Embracing a Trailing 12-Month Return of −25 Percent 151

      Chapter 13 The Problem with Selective Perception and Confirmation Basis 163

      Chapter 14 Putting It All Together 169

      Afterword 179

      About the Companion Website 183

      About the Author 185

      Index 189

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