Download or read book Stock Market Strategies that Work in Australia written by Matthew Brooks and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investors select shares in a number of ways. Some buy for ?income? and choose shares that pay good dividends; others try to buy ?cheap? and purchase stocks with low P/E ratios; some only buy Top 200 stocks while others go for the small caps. Wouldn't it be great to test these strategies and find out which really work and really work in Australia?Inspired by James O'Shaughnessy's ground-breaking research, written up in his best-selling book, What Works on Wall Street, local authors Matthew Brooks and Paul Nojin decided to test the performance of investing strategies in Australia to find the ultimate share investing strategy. Using all the data available on Australian stocks they conducted their own extensive quantitative analysis over the period of 1995 to 2009.In Stock Market Strategies That Work in Australia the authors have done all the hard work for investors. They communicate the results of their research in easy- to-understand language and round off each chapter with a ?What to Remember? wrap up. ?What to Remember? about the whole book can be encapsulated below:This simple quantitative strategy beat the All Ords by 11.03% per year-You don't need to be a stock market expert or spend countless hours analysing financial statements to dramatically improve your chances of beating the market over the long term-What works in the US does NOT always work in Australia-These results possible from quantitative investing, are truly remarkable.Authors Matthew Brooks and Paul Nojin are pioneers of quantitative investing in Australia. Matthew Brooks has a Masters in Economics with Honours from Sydney University and has worked as an investment strategist and economist with leading institutions. Paul Nojin studied economics at university before starting his career with Bankers Trust. Together they produce The Super Investor Report www.TheSuperInvestor.com.au which has helped thousands of Australian investors achieve a better result in the share market.