We are incredibly proud of Matt and the early success of his book, Odds On: The Making of an Evidence-Based Investor. Thank you to all for helping make the book an Amazon bestseller within the first day.

Please enjoy this video compilation from the book launch, and—don’t forget—we need your help obtaining book reviews on Amazon. Click here to buy a copy of the book and/or write your review.

As longtime followers know, I’m a fan of baseball and Michael Lewis. When he first published Moneyball in 2003, it was a match made in heaven. Dialing the clock forward to 2016, Jeff Luhnow, General Manager of the Houston Astros and former head of Player Development for the St. Louis Cardinals, is one of baseball’s best practitioners of Moneyball ideology…embracing the data and statistics of player performance to build a winning team rather than hoopla, emotion, and gut feel. I asked Jeff to read Odds On to get his take. His quote appears on the book itself:

“I picked up Odds On and couldn’t put it down. Matt Hall is a great storyteller, and his discoveries about how to build real wealth in the overwhelming world of finance make common sense. The sports world has been changing rapidly due to better information, and now I know the same revolution has been taking place in the investment arena.”

Many great discoveries are made by accident, and it turns out that Odds On: The Making of an Evidence-Based Investor is great for kids. Having one of the few advanced reader copies and curious to get some get a child’s perspective, I gently encouraged my 12-year-old daughter, Kathryn, to read it. She certainly enjoys reading, but business books are not her usual fare. While the rest of the family was watching Peyton Manning win Super Bowl 50, Kathryn was making deposits into her financial memory bank.

The next morning, while driving carpool, I asked her if she was enjoying the book. To my amazement, she had already completed it! To quote Kathryn: “I have a better understanding of what investing is…the old way is based on guessing and the new way is based on evidence.” While stated simply, it’s a powerful message that she’s sure to remember.