Quotes by Kenneth Fisher

About Kenneth Fisher:

Kenneth Lawrence Fisher is an American investment analyst and the founder, chairman, and CEO of Fisher Investments, a money management firm with offices in Woodside, California, San Mateo, California, and Camas, Washington. Fisher writes a monthly column in Forbes magazine, contributes to other financial and news magazines, has written eleven books, and has written research papers in the field of behavioral finance. He is on the 2014 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans and Forbes list of world billionaires, and as of 2014 is worth $2.7 billion. In 2010, he was named to Investment Advisor magazine's "30 for 30" list of the 30 most influential people in the investment advisory business over the last 30 years. As of 2013[update], Fisher’s firm manages $68 billion and has been called the largest wealth manager in the United States.
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The world is filled with successful small businesses that stay small.

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Fracking opens up vast tracts of the U.S. to exploitation by gas drillers. There's enough energy under our feet to last us for decades, maybe centuries.

Kenneth Fisher

If you are prepared for some risk, junk bonds pay about 5%, but they tend to get whacked when interest rates rise. Same with lower-yielding but higher-quality corporate bonds.

Kenneth Fisher

Global stocks bottomed in June 1921, but global economies didn't hit bottom for fully two more years.

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In a bubble, anyone who argues pessimistically is seen as crazy.

Kenneth Fisher

When the economies of emerging markets don't just grow but beat expectations, there's scarcely a mention.

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My father, Philip Fisher, was the toughest guy I ever knew. An example: He had terrible teeth, yet he got his fillings done without ever using a painkiller. Now, that's tough!

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One component of the leading economic indicators is the yield curve. Bond investors keep a close eye on this, as it illustrates the spread or difference between long-term interest rates and short-term ones.

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Plenty of funds have fine long-term returns despite being tax-inefficient and generally costly. But a dirty secret is this: Average, no-load fund investors do much worse than the funds - or the market.

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Most investors give too much credence to the theory that prices are rational; they presume that a market collapse must have been justified by serious economic trouble.

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The bubble, as investing phenomenon, has been well studied ever since the 17th-century tulip bulb frenzy. Its counterpart in bear markets is not well understood.

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When I was a young man in the 1970s, tech firms were scattered across the developed world. Since then, America has come to dominate tech almost totally.

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To me 'The Big Easy' is shorthand for owning big stocks that are easy for wary investors to buy into. These stocks tend to outperform during the back half of bull markets.

Kenneth Fisher

Windmills and solar cells are carbon-free sources of electricity. But they are costly. If you've been investing in those, give it up. That game is effectively over.

Kenneth Fisher

Normally, the market peaks before bad news emerges. That's what happened in 1929, and that's what happened in 2000.

Kenneth Fisher

Buying only what you know can end in disaster. Just think about Enron's employees and business partners, the 'locals' who bought lots of its stock because they thought they were in the know.

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Despite its many critics, hydraulic fracturing will change the nature of energy production.

Kenneth Fisher

Italians have always had a high savings rate. They love putting their money into their own government bonds - even more than in houses, stocks and gold. The higher rates climb, the happier they are to invest. So if austerity plans drive rates up, it'...

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I've long loved emerging markets airlines because they usually sell at bargain prices. The troubled history of developed market airlines unfairly taints these stocks. In the emerging world, they're growth stocks.

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In history, the evidence is overwhelming: Stock market bottoms happen, and then stocks jolt upwards while the economy keeps getting worse - sometimes by a lot and for a long time.

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Buy into good, well-researched companies and then wait. Let's call it a sit-on-your-hands investment strategy.

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Author Bio

  • NameKenneth Fisher
  • DescriptionAmerican investment analyst
  • BornNovember 29, 1950
  • CountryUnited States Of America