What Works on Wall Street - 9780071625760

One of the most popular investing books of all time—updated with brand-new benchmarked strategies!

In What Works on Wall Street, Fourth Edition, acclaimed portfolio manager James O’Shaughnessy provides long-term strategies that have always beaten the markets, and he explains how to make them work for you. He cuts right to the chase, examining actual historic performance figures to illustrate which strategies have provided investors with the best returns, which should be avoided at all costs, and why.

Comprehensively updated from its bestselling third edition, this investor classic goes beyond the hype and rumor to focus on actual results—and tell you what smart investors are doing now.

What Works on Wall Street reflects O'Shaughnessy's newest research and provides the latest, most innovative strategies for the market as a whole, as well for individual sectors. It offers fresh new benchmarked strategies for:

• All-Cap Buy Back Yield
• Small Cap Core
• Small Cap Earnings Growth
• All Cap Core
• Cornerstone Blend
• Tiny Titans
• Mid- to Large-Cap Core
• Plus, you get NEW in-depth sector analysis, charts and graphs!

Praise for previous editions of What Works on Wall Street

"What investment strategies have worked over the last 40 years? Ask this man."
Barron's

“What Works on Wall Street is indisputably a major contribution to empirical research on the behavior of common stocks in the United States….Conceivably, the influence of What Works on Wall Street will prove immense.”
The Financial Analysts’ Journal

“O’Shaughnessy’s latest, What Works on Wall Street, is a serious inquiry into the investment strategies that stand up under long-term scrutiny and is refreshing research for every investor.”
Stocks and Commodities

“O’Shaughnessy’s study is already making waves in the investment community….could well become a classic.”
Smart Money

“James O’Shaughnessy…has enshrined P/S in the investing hall of fame in his superb new book, What Works on Wall Street.”
James K. Glassman, The Washington Post