You can be a stock market genius: (even if you're not too smart): uncover the secret hiding places of stock market profits

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This book will show you how to uncover the investment opportunities that the experts are actually trained to miss. You'll learn the hidden value and the incredible profits that lie waiting in those uncharted areas where the individual investor has a huge advantage over the Wall Street pros. This is not a book full of theoretical possibilities. It is a guide to finding those special situations in which big profits are possible. It's all here including specific case. Studies, the background information you need, and the tools use.  Read more... Abstract: This book will show you how to uncover the investment opportunities that the experts are actually trained to miss. You'll learn the hidden value and the incredible profits that lie waiting in those uncharted areas where the individual investor has a huge advantage over the Wall Street pros. This is not a book full of theoretical possibilities. It is a guide to finding those special situations in which big profits are possible. It's all here including specific case. Studies, the background information you need, and the tools use Content: Follow the Yellow Brick Road -- then hang a right -- Some basics -- don't leave home without them -- Chips off the old stock: spinoffs, partial spinoffs, and rights offerings -- Don't try this at home: risk arbitrage and merger securities -- Blood in the streets (hopefully, not yours): bankruptcy and restructuring -- "Baby needs new shoes" meets "Other people's money": recapitalizations and stub stocks, LEAPS, warrants, and options -- Seeing the trees through the forest -- All the fun's in getting there.