The father of special situations investing's final book, showing the master at the height of his powers. For the first time, Schiller examines turnabouts (today's turnarounds), changes in line of business, and empire builders as a discrete investment focus. This edition contains commentary by James F. Royal, Ph.D., for the present-day reader. A bonus is a table of topics across all five of Schiller's books, showing his evolution. Finally, as in all the books in the republication series, there is memorabilia from Schiller's own scrapbook, the only career details available to date.

Second of five books by the unknown father of special situations investing. Lays out the field with his unique creations. This book alone includes his never-before-published jewel of an essay, "The Influence of the SEC and Present Market Conditions." Hundreds of historical examples plus 8 detailed case studies of modern special situations.

Schiller is the father of special situations investing for obtaining nearly riskless stock profits but until now has been unknown to all but a few. Yet his life's work and five books are monumental, on a scale with Graham and Buffett, and applicable to any time - for those willing to put in the hours. Includes 5 modern case studies. "Never met Schiller, but read some of his stuff." - Warren Buffett.

A comprehensive and practical guide to the stock market from a successful fund manager—filled with case studies, important background information, and all the tools you’ll need to become a stock market genius. Fund manager Joel Greenblatt has been beating the Dow (with returns of 50 percent a year) for more than a decade. And now, in this highly accessible guide, he’s going to show you how to do it, too. You’re about to discover investment opportunities that portfolio managers, business-school professors, and top investment experts regularly miss—uncharted areas where the individual investor has a huge advantage over the Wall Street wizards. Here is your personal treasure map to special situations in which big profits are possible, including: -Spin-offs -Restructurings -Merger Securities -Rights Offerings -Recapitalizations -Bankruptcies -Risk Arbitrage Prepared with the tools from this guide, it won’t be long until you’re a stock market genius!

THE FIRST BOOK EVER PUBLISHED ON THE FIELD OF SPECIAL SITUATIONS INVESTING. An unknown investment advisor, Maurece Schiller "was the first to collect diverse special situations (some knownto be such and some not yet), define their common characteristics, and create a disciplined repeatable process for finding, evaluating and executing them. In short, Schiller first systematized the field ofspecial situations. To call this merely "historically significant" in the investing world would be to label the Civil War a schoolyard dustup." (from the Foreword)