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two books by James O'Shaughnessy:

What Works On Wall Street
How To Retire Rich

changed my financial outlook for life. ironically, James himself caught the dot-com craze and started a new company called Netfolio that crashed hard and forced him to sell his mutual fund rights to Hennessy Funds, who fortunately have maintained his philosophies to a tee with great success.

for my personal stock picks, I follow his model pretty closely, though I have higher tolerance for micro-cap companies, and lower tolerance for debt/equity.

John Montgomery of Bridgeway Funds is also a fave of mine, but his exact formulas are not published.