Greenblatt Magic Formula Quotes & Sayings

There is unpanned gold in every soul you run into, no matter what walk of life they are from. — Robert Downey Jr.

But I guess you don't see the planets when you're staring at the sun. You just get blinded. — David Levithan

When we go to court, they are going to have to come up with all the evidence where they are accusing me and my dedicated deputies of racial profiling. It's always easy to throw the race card in there and that's what they're doing in Washington today, that they're concerned about racial profiling. — Joe Arpaio

Never, ever give up. And smile — Chrissie Wellington

It takes brains not to make money," Colonel Cargill wrote in one of the homiletic memoranda he regularly prepared for circulation over General Peckem's signature. "Any fool can make money these days and most of them do. But what about people with talent and brains? Name, for example, one poet who makes money. — Joseph Heller

As a registered Democrat, I am praying for a credible presidential candidate to emerge from the younger tier of politicians in their late 40s. A governor with executive experience would be ideal. — Camille Paglia

Do you like manga?" she asked after a minute. "Anime?"
"Anime's cool. I'm not really into it, but 1 like Japanese movies,
animated or not."
"Well, I'm into it. I watch the shows, read the books, chat on the boards, and all that. But this girl I know, she's
completely into it. She spends most of her allowance on the books and DVDs. She can recite dialogue from
them." She caught my gaze. "So would you say she belongs here?"
"No. Most kids are that way about something, right? With me, it's
movies. Like knowing who directed a sci-fi movie made before I was born. — Kelley Armstrong

If I plug my estimates into the Magic Formula, and it comes out cheap, that's good. — Joel Greenblatt

nine categories of value ideas: Graham-style deep value, Greenblatt-style magic formula, small-cap value, sum-of-the-parts or hidden value, superinvestor favorites, jockey stocks, special situations, equity stubs, and international value investments. — John Mihaljevic

I've grown up knowing that you put as much of your private life out there as you feel comfortable with. — Lily Collins

I'd love to make a second film, I'd love to make a third, and I'd love to have a long career doing this. — John Krokidas

An element of fantasy is needed when falling in love and I was unable to find the fantasy element with any of the male gender — Novala Takemoto

The big picture is: the main thing you should be concerned about in the future are incremental returns on capital going forward. As it turns out, past history of a good return on capital is a good proxy for this but obviously not foolproof. I think this is an area where thoughtful analysis can add value to any simple ranking/screening strategy such as the magic formula. When doing in depth analysis of companies, I care very much about long term earnings power, not necessarily so much about the volatility of that earnings power but about my certainty of "normal" earnings power over time. — Joel Greenblatt

No plan ever failed due to adequate planning. — Jury Nel

Women seem to be all right on bargains till it comes to picking out a husband. — Kin Hubbard