Odds On, Matt Hall
Odds On, Matt Hall
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Odds On
The Making of an Evidence-Based Investor

Author: Matt Hall

Narrator: Matt Hall

Unabridged: 3 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/12/2016


Synopsis

Evidence Is the Key to Investment Success

Odds On: The Making of an Evidence-Based Investor isn’t just another investment advice book. It’s a memoir, a manifesto, and a guide to the way investing should be. Odds On describes author Matt Hall’s role in an ongoing revolution in the investment world: the shift from a traditional sales-driven, active-management model to a model that draws on academic evidence to better serve the real interests of investors.

Matt’s story begins with his first exposure to Wall Street, where he becomes disillusioned with the traditional investing model due to its inability to truly help clients. He stumbles into the emerging evidence-based investing world, and learns how to help investors reach their goals through methods that reflect the limits of our abilities to predict which investments will deliver the highest returns.

Matt’s unique approach to investing is built on a dual foundation of knowledge and purpose: knowledge gained through evidence-based strategies involving research, data, and logic, and purpose gained by personal reflection on what money and success truly mean. In Odds On, Matt’s storytelling makes financial topics truly relevant and easy to understand, while his investment philosophy offers readers a chance to move beyond decisions based on anxiety and confusion, and manage wealth in ways that lead to greater success and a richer life.

Reviews

Goodreads review by carolyn

I don't know. I read this book to (try to) understand investment logic. Lots of personal history before getting to the bottom line - and then the bottom line seemed pretty self-evident. When is intuition and guesswork ever better than using an evidence-based approach?......more

Goodreads review by Vikas

The book could have been a blog with the conclusion that index funds are good and even within those, it's better to pick small cap, momentum or other anomalies for generating alpha rather than choosing active investing. That's all it is in this 200 page book. Rest is all padding !......more

Goodreads review by Alex

Matt Hall is an amazing story teller. He starts the story as a kid fresh out of college with little idea of what he should do (not unlike myself). He enters an investment firm that throws him into the fire immediately. He soon comes to realize that this firm is not about helping people make the righ......more

Goodreads review by Sean

Matt Hall provides an excellent and concise intro to evidence-based investing (or passive investing), delivered with a personal touch based on his experience starting his career in a hard-sell environment pushing poor investments. It's great to read about someone who's approach to investment advice......more