What works on Wall Street
Subtitle: a guide to the best-performing investment strategies of all time
By: by James P. O'Shaughnessy.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Investments -- United States; Investment analysis -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Stock investment strategies: different methods, similar goals; title: The unreliable experts: getting in the way of outstanding performance; title: Rules of the game; title: Ranking stocks by market capitalization: size matters; title: Price-to-earning ratios: separating the winners and losers; title: Price-to-book ratios: a better gauge of value; title: Price-to-cashflow ratios: using cash to determine value; title: Price-to-sales ratios: the king of the value factors; title: Dividend yields: buying an income; title: The value of value factors; title: One-year earnings per share percentage changes: do high earnings gains mean high performance?; title: Five-year earnings per share percentage changes; title: Profit margins: do investors profit from corporate profits?; title: Return on equity; title: Relative price strength: winners win; title: Using multifactor models to improve performance; title: Dissecting the market leaders universe: the ratios that add the most value; title: Dissecting the small stocks universe: the ratios that add the most value; title: Searching for the ideal value stock investment strategy; title: Searching for the ideal growth stock investment strategy; title: Uniting growth and value strategies for the best risk-adjusted performance; title: New research initiatives; title: Ranking the strategies; title: Getting the most out of your equity investments.