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Book SynopsisToday''s investor is faced with a myriad of investment options and strategies. Whether you are seeking someone to manage your money or are a self-directed investor deciding to tackle the market on your own, the options can be overwhelming.
In an easy-to-read and simple format, this book will dissect the strategies of some of Wall Street''s most successful investment gurus and teach readers how to weed through the all of the choices to find a strategy that works for them. The model portfolio system that author John Reese developed turns each strategy into an actionable system, addressing many of the common mistakes that doom individual investors to market underperformance. This book will focus on the principles behind the author''s multi-guru approach, showing how investors can combine the proven strategies of these legendary gurus into a disciplined investing system that has significantly outperformed the market.
Gurus covered in the book are: Benjamin Graham;
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ix
Introduction xi
Part One Why You Need this Book 1
Chapter 1 Learn from the Worst 3
Chapter 2 The Cavalry Arrives 19
Part Two The Value Legends 31
Chapter 3 Benjamin Graham: The Granddaddy of the Gurus 33
Chapter 4 John Neff: The Investor’s Investor 55
Chapter 5 David Dreman: The Great Contrarian 73
Chapter 6 Warren Buffett: The Greatest Guru 95
Part Three The Growth Legends (With a Value Twist) 127
Chapter 7 Peter Lynch: The Star “GARP” Manager 129
Chapter 8 Kenneth L. Fisher: The Price-Sales Pioneer 155
Chapter 9 Martin Zweig: The Conservative Growth Investor 175
Part Four The Pure Quants 197
Chapter 10 James O’Shaughnessy: The Quintessential Quant 199
Chapter 11 Joel Greenblatt: The Man with the Magic Formula 219
Chapter 12 Joseph Piotroski: The Undiscovered Academic 233
Part Five From Theory to Practice 247
Chapter 13 Putting It Together: The Principles of Guru Investing 249
Chapter 14 The Missing Piece: Determining When to Sell 269
Conclusion Time To Take The Wheel 279
Appendix A Performance of Guru-Based 10- and 20-Stock Model Portfolios 283
Appendix B Guru Yearly Track Record Comparison (Actual or Back-Tested Returns) 287
References 295
About the Authors 303
Index 305
