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Joel Greenblatt vs Lee Ainslie
Joel Greenblatt
Q8/10Gotham Asset Management
"Buy good companies at cheap prices. Magic Formula."
6 positionsSince 1985
Lee Ainslie
Q8/10Maverick Capital
"Long-short equity, deep fundamental, team-based research."
5 positionsSince 1993
Shared conviction
Stocks both managers hold as a top position. Overlap in conviction is a strong consensus signal.
Recent moves — Q2 2026
Latest quarter activity for each manager.
Joel Greenblatt
- FNDADD +6727%
- CRWVADD +6111%
- RDDTADD +3158%
- STLAADD +2586%
- UADD +2421%
- GOADD +2147%
- HBMADD +2036%
- DUOLADD +2020%
- CNRADD +1891%
- AGIOADD +1780%
- HLNEADD +1777%
- MMSIADD +1758%
- PSNADD +1721%
- CMPXADD +1651%
- VKTXADD +1551%
- QTRXADD +1496%
- BROADD +1347%
- ALTADD +1329%
- SQMADD +1325%
- CACCADD +1323%
+ 2767 more moves this quarter (showing the 20 highest-conviction)
Data sourced from 13F filings with the SEC. Overlap in top positions is a concrete consensus signal, not investment advice.
Deep dive
Reading for your research
Optional background reading on interpreting company disclosures and investing methods. These books do not validate a signal or predict returns.
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Benjamin Graham
The Intelligent Investor
The foundational text. Buffett calls it 'by far the best book about investing ever written.'
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Benjamin Graham & David Dodd
Security Analysis
The deep dive behind The Intelligent Investor — how to actually read a filing and value a business.
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