Monday, June 04, 2007

Joel Greenblatt Lecture: 2006 Columbia Reunion

-Value works. Buffett: good AND cheap
-Good companies have high returns on capital: defined as operating profit divided by net working capital plus net fixed assets
-Cheap stocks have high earnings yields: defined as pre-tax operating earnings divided by enterprise value
-50/50 algorithm of good and cheap: Magic Formula!

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Source: David Lau