Description: An investment book that explains how to profit from mergers, bankruptcies, liquidations, spin-offs, and rights offerings.
Brief description: Joel Greenblatt is the founder and a managing partner of Gotham Capital, a private investment partnership that has achieved 40% annualized returns since its inception in 1985. He is a professor on the adjunct faculty of Columbia Business School, the former chairman of the board of a Fortune 500 company, the cofounder of ValueInvestorsClub.com, and the author of several books, including You Can Be a Stock Market Genius, The Big Secret for the Small Investor, and Common Sense. Greenblatt holds a BS and an MBA from the Wharton School.
Review Quotes: The Wall Street Journal Joel Greenblatt can indeed teach you about the market and how fortunes can be made there.