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Product Identifiers
PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-100471445509
ISBN-139780471445500
eBay Product ID (ePID)2474684
Product Key Features
Edition2
Book TitleCommon Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2003
TopicInvestments & Securities / Stocks, Investments & Securities / General, Personal Finance / General
IllustratorYes
FeaturesRevised
GenreBusiness & Economics
AuthorPhilip A. Fisher
Book SeriesWiley Investment Classics Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight13.6 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width5.9 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"...written by American Investment genius.... We are delighted to have the opportunity to reproduce an extract from this classic, recently reissued..." ( Financial Director , November 2003) "...these updated classics are packed with investment wisdom..." ( What Investment , November 2003)
Series Volume Number40
Dewey Decimal332.632
Table Of ContentPreface What I Learned from My Father's Writings xi Kenneth L. Fisher Introduction 1 Kenneth L. Fisher Part One Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits Preface 31 1. Clues from the Past 34 2. What "Scuttlebutt" Can Do 44 3. What to Buy: The Fifteen Points to Look for in a Common Stock 47 4. What to Buy: Applying This to Your Own Needs 79 5. When to Buy 89 6. When to Sell: And When Not To 105 7. The Hullabaloo about Dividends 114 8. Five Don'ts for Investors 123 9. Five More Don'ts for Investors 135 10. How I Go about Finding a Growth Stock 162 11. Summary and Conclusion 172 Part Two Conservative Investors Sleep Well Epigraph 176 Introduction 177 1. The First Dimension of a Conservative Investment 180 2. The Second Dimension 187 3. The Third Dimension 198 4. The Fourth Dimension 207 5. More about the Fourth Dimension 213 6. Still More about the Fourth Dimension 218 Part Three Developing an Investment Philosophy Dedication to Frank E. Block 226 1. Origins of a Philosophy 227 The Birth of Interest 228 Formative Experiences 229 First Lessons in the School of Experience 231 Building the Basics 232 The Great Bear Market 234 A Chance to Do My Thing 235 From Disaster, Opportunity Springs 236 A Foundation is Formed 237 2. Learning from Experience 238 Food Machinery as an Investment Opportunity 239 Zigging and Zagging 242 Contrary, but Correct 243 Patience and Performance 244 To Every Rule,There Are Exceptions . . . But Not Many 247 An Experiment with Market Timing 248 Reaching for Price, Foregoing Opportunity 249 3. The Philosophy Matures 252 E Pluribus Unum 253 History versus Opportunity 255 Lessons from the Vintage Years 257 Do Few Things Well 259 Stay or Sell in Anticipation of Possible Market Downturns? 260 In and Out May Be Out of the Money 263 The Long Shadow of Dividends 264 4. Is the Market Efficient? 266 The Fallacy of the Efficient Market 267 The Raychem Corporation 270 Raychem, Dashed Expectations, and the Crash 271 Raychem and the Efficient Market 274 Conclusion 275 Appendix Key Factors in Evaluating Promising Firms 279 Functional Factors 279 People Factors 281 Business Characteristics 282 Index 283
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisPhilip Fisher gilt als einer der Pioniere der modernen Investmenttheorie und zählt zu den einflussreichsten Investoren aller Zeiten. Seine Investmentphilosophien, die er vor fast 40 vorgestellt hat, werden nicht nur von modernen Finanzexperten und Investoren - inklusive Warren Buffett - studiert und angewendet, sondern gelten für viele als das Evangelium schlechthin. "Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings" ist die aktualisierte Broschurausgabe der 1958 erschienenen Originalausgabe. Diese Neuauflage stellt Fishers Ideen einer neuen Generation von Investoren vor. Sie enthält alle Investmentweisheiten der Originalausgabe sowie ein erweitertes Vorwort und eine Einleitung von Philip Fishers Sohn Ken - selbst ein angesehener Investment-Guru. Ken Fisher beschreibt hier, wie dieses Buch sein Privat- und Berufsleben beeinflusst hat und geht ausführlich auf die Investmentleidenschaft seines Vaters ein. "Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings " - eine unverzichtbare Lektüre für Finanzinteressierte, Anleger und Finanzexperten gleicherma en. Die Neuauflage erscheint in neuem Design als Band der Reihe 'Wiley's Investment Classics Series'., " You will find lots of jewels in these pages that may do as much for you as they have for me." -- from the Introduction by Kenneth L. Fisher Forbes columnist Widely respected and admired, Philip Fisher is among the most influential investors of all time. His investment philosophies, introduced almost forty years ago, are not only studied and applied by todays finance professionals, but are also regarded by many as gospel. He recorded these philosophies in Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits , a book considered invaluable reading when it was first published in 1958, and a must-read today. Acclaim for Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits "I sought out Phil Fisher after reading his Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits ...When I met him, I was impressed by the man as by his ideas. A thorough understanding of the business, obtained by using Phils techniques...enables one to make intelligent investment commitments." --Warren Buffett "Little known to the public, rarely interviewed and accepting few clients, Philip Fisher is nevertheless read and studied by most thoughtful investment professionals . . . everyone will profit from pondering--as Warren Buffett has done--the investment principles Fisher espouses." --James W. Michaels Editor, Forbes "My own copy [of Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits ] has underlinings and marginal thoughts throughout." --John Train author of Dance of the Money Bees, Regarded as one of the pioneers of modern investment theory, Philip Fisher's principles are studied and used by numerous contemporary finance professionals, including Warren Buffett. Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings is invaluable reading and has been since it was first published in 1958., Widely respected and admired, Philip Fisher is among the most influential investors of all time. His investment philosophies, introduced almost forty years ago, are not only studied and applied by today's financiers and investors, but are also regarded by many as gospel. This book is invaluable reading and has been since it was first published in 1958. The updated paperback retains the investment wisdom of the original edition and includes the perspectives of the author's son Ken Fisher, an investment guru in his own right in an expanded preface and introduction "I sought out Phil Fisher after reading his Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits ...A thorough understanding of the business, obtained by using Phil's techniques...enables one to make intelligent investment commitments." -- Warren Buffet
LC Classification NumberHG6041
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