Four Ways to Beat the Market

Welcome to Kick the Dogma, the podcast where we interview authors of books on investing, economics, behavioral finance, and business more generally. Today’s episode is an interview with Algy Hall, author of Four Ways to Beat the Market: A practical guide to stock-screening strategies to help you pick winning shares. Algy is a journalist, and just over ten years ago he started tracking the performance of his own stock picks generated by his four screens, which are similar to the “factors” used by quants, but it’s not a black box. Algy uses them as an idea generator, from which he does deeper financial and qualitative analysis. Which, is what I think any financial advisors still trying to pick stocks should be doing, basically to improve their chances of success, and for that matter, active fund managers that aren’t finding success. Investors are, after all, odds makers, and this is a practical guide to improving your odds. You can follow Algy at Citywide Elite Companies, Twitter, and LinkedIn, and buy his book anywhere books are sold, including here. Enjoy my talk with Algy Hall!