Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings (Wiley Investment Classics)

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"You will find lots of jewels in these pages that may do as much for you as they have for me."
–– Kenneth L. Fisher

"I sought out Phil Fisher after reading his Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings. When I met him, I was as impressed by the man as by his ideas. A thorough understanding of the business, obtained by using Phil’s 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
former editor, Forbes

"My own copy [of Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings] has underlinings and marginal thoughts throughout."
–– John Train
author of Dance of the Money Bees

Updated features include a new Preface and Introduction from Kenneth L. Fisher

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 finance professionals, but are also regarded by many as gospel. Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings reveals these timeless philosophies.

What Customers Say About Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings (Wiley Investment Classics):

Am I the only one who finds this book to be completely vague. There's about as much strategy in this book as is to be found by looking up "strategy" in the dictionary. Replete with tautologies, and containing sections oozing with elitism in some silly way supported by preachy 'axioms' of elementary logic, which I suppose are meant to 'open my mind' to the 'correct' road of value investment. I found myself asking 'was Fisher in love with himself.' A boring, mostly fruitless read, offering insight only into Fisher's secret surprise at his own economic self sufficiency.

If you want to know how to invest in the Stock Market, not just gamble, this is a must have. These principles are not flashpan trends but fundamentals as valid today as in the 30's and 40's.

This is a great book. It is amazing what one can find out by talking with industry experts, competitors, salesmen, managers, and many other industry participants. For me, personally, scuttlebutt revolutionized my way of investing. Small-cap companies are not followed as closely as the big blue chip companies, and I found it essential to use the scuttlebutt approach to assess the strengths and weaknesses of individual companies. This book teaches readers how to evaluate companies on a qualitative basis versus quantitative.- Mariusz Skonieczny, author of Why Are We So Clueless about the Stock Market. Learn how to invest your money, how to pick stocks, and how to make money in the stock market

This is a great book. It is amazing what one can find out by talking with industry experts, competitors, salesmen, managers, and many other industry participants. For me, personally, scuttlebutt revolutionized my way of investing. Small-cap companies are not followed as closely as the big blue chip companies, and I found it essential to use the scuttlebutt approach to assess the strengths and weaknesses of individual companies. This book teaches readers how to evaluate companies on a qualitative basis versus quantitative.- Mariusz Skonieczny, author of Why Are We So Clueless about the Stock Market. Learn how to invest your money, how to pick stocks, and how to make money in the stock market

This book served me well from the early 1960s until now. It stood out from the other financial books then and does today. Lawrence Wegeman, Jr.