Common stocks and uncommon profits and other writings by Philip A. Fisher

Common stocks and uncommon profits and other writings by Philip A. Fisher

Philip A. Fisher

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Subjects
Stocks.
Investments.
Published
New York : Wiley c1996.
Language
English
Main Author
Philip A. Fisher (-)
Physical Description
xvi, 271 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes index.
ISBN
9780471445500
9780471119289
  • Preface: What I Learned from My Father's Writings
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits
  • Preface
  • 1.. Clues from the Past
  • 2.. What "Scuttlebutt" Can Do
  • 3.. What to Buy: The Fifteen Points to Look for in a Common Stock
  • 4.. What to Buy: Applying This to Your Own Needs
  • 5.. When to Buy
  • 6.. When to Sell: And When Not To
  • 7.. The Hullabaloo about Dividends
  • 8.. Five Don'ts for Investors
  • 9.. Five More Don'ts for Investors
  • 10.. How I Go about Finding a Growth Stock
  • 11.. Summary and Conclusion
  • Part 2. Conservative Investors Sleep Well
  • Epigraph
  • Introduction
  • 1.. The First Dimension of a Conservative Investment
  • 2.. The Second Dimension
  • 3.. The Third Dimension
  • 4.. The Fourth Dimension
  • 5.. More about the Fourth Dimension
  • 6.. Still More about the Fourth Dimension
  • Part 3. Developing an Investment Philosophy
  • Dedication to Frank E. Block
  • 1.. Origins of a Philosophy
  • The Birth of Interest
  • Formative Experiences
  • First Lessons in the School of Experience
  • Building the Basics
  • The Great Bear Market
  • A Chance to Do My Thing
  • From Disaster, Opportunity Springs
  • A Foundation Is Formed
  • 2.. Learning from Experience
  • Food Machinery as an Investment Opportunity
  • Zigging and Zagging
  • Contrary, but Correct
  • Patience and Performance
  • To Every Rule, There Are Exceptions ... But Not Many
  • An Experiment with Market Timing
  • Reaching for Price, Foregoing Opportunity
  • 3.. The Philosophy Matures
  • E Pluribus Unum
  • History versus Opportunity
  • Lessons from the Vintage Years
  • Do Few Things Well
  • Stay or Sell in Anticipation of Possible Market Downturns?
  • In and Out May Be Out of the Money
  • The Long Shadow of Dividends
  • 4.. Is the Market Efficient?
  • The Fallacy of the Efficient Market
  • The Raychem Corporation
  • Raychem, Dashed Expectations, and the Crash
  • Raychem and the Efficient Market
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix. Key Factors in Evaluating Promising Firms
  • Functional Factors
  • People Factors
  • Business Characteristics
  • Index

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