{"product_id":"the-little-book-of-picking-top-stocks-how-to-spot-hidden-gems-9781394176618","title":"The Little Book of Picking Top Stocks: How to Spot Hidden Gems","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow well does it pay to own the Standard \u0026amp; Poor's 500 Index's best-performing stock of the year? Over the 2012-2021 period, the one-year total return ranged from 80% to 743%. This book identifies the quantitative and qualitative traits of stocks that made it to #1 and tells the stories of how they got there. A key indicator, the Fridson-Lee Statistic, makes its debut in these pages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAiming for the massive upside of the #1 stocks entails substantial risk. It's not something to do with more than a small percentage of your portfolio. But attempting to pick the coming year's top performer can provide an outlet for speculative impulses that might otherwise spoil a prudent, long-term investment plan. And by investigating the statistically determined best candidates for #1, you'll gain important insights into stock selection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Little Book of Picking Top Stocks \u003c\/i\u003eexplains why conventional equity research provides only limited help in zeroing in on the index's future top performer. Spotting the #1 stock isn't Wall Street analysts' focus, although the information they furnish about companies' competitive strategies is quite helpful. Problematically, investment banks' fundamental stock reports are structured around a valuation metric that was discredited nearly half a century ago--earnings per share. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Martin Fridson's previous writings on the stock market include the books \u003ci\u003eIt Was a Very Good Year\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInvestment Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as articles such as \"Ben Graham's Value Approach: Can It Still Work?\" He has received the CFA Society of New York's Ben Graham Award and has been named the Financial Management Association International's Financial Executive of the Year. The Green Magazine called his \u003ci\u003eFinancial Statement Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e (co-authored with Fernando Alvarez) \"one of the most useful investment books ever.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eMARTIN S. FRIDSON \u003c\/b\u003eis Chief Investment Officer at Lehmann Livian Fridson Advisors, an investment management firm built on fundamental security analysis. He is co-author of \u003ci\u003eFinancial Statement Analysis: A Practitioner's Guide \u003c\/i\u003eand a recipient of the CFA Society New York's Ben Graham Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50628947935506,"sku":"9781394176618","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6694f33a-df97-45b2-85dd-af2b455be122.jpg?v=1732714066","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-little-book-of-picking-top-stocks-how-to-spot-hidden-gems-9781394176618","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}