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Assertion Partly supported
Greenblatt: Nikola held a $6.5B valuation despite appearing completely fraudulent
“I was just looking after it's turned out that it appears to be mostly a fraud and they really haven't come up with anything that they promised still has a market cap of six and a half billion.”
Joel Greenblatt May 18, 2021 ▶ 32:22 #111 Joel Greenblatt: Investing Made Simple
Assertion Supported
Greenblatt: A basket of 299 unprofitable billion-dollar companies gained over 100%
“There are now 299 companies that lost money in 2019. So this is pre-COVID. So there were money losers in 2019 with a market cap now over a billion dollars. And if you bought every single one of those money losers, those 299 companies with market caps over a bi…”
Joel Greenblatt May 18, 2021 ▶ 23:57 #111 Joel Greenblatt: Investing Made Simple
Assertion Supported
Greenblatt: Success Academy's low-income students outperform New York's wealthiest districts
“There are now 20,000 kids in 47 schools, and they would be the top district in New York City, and most of the kids 87% are minority low income. Kids. And yet they beat all the wealthiest school districts.”
Joel Greenblatt May 18, 2021 ▶ 51:56 #111 Joel Greenblatt: Investing Made Simple
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