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  • Ken Fisher's Forbes Columns


    Fisher Investments CEO Ken Fisher has been widely published in the business and financial press in the US, UK, Germany and beyond. He is probably best known for his investment commentary and market calls in Forbes, where he has written the "Portfolio Strategy" column for 25 years, making him the fourth longest-running columnist in the magazine's 90-year history. According to independent third party CXO Advisory Group*, Ken Fisher's market calls have been among the most accurate in the industry, and for several years Ken Fisher has ranked at the top of CXO's list of market forecasters. Below is a summary of Ken Fisher's accomplishments.



    • Founder of Fisher Investments, currently one of the largest independent investment advisors
    • Author of six books, including three New York Times best sellers
    • Columnist for Forbes magazine for over 25 years
    • Pioneered the use of the Price-to-Sales ratio in the 1980s
    • Top-ranked market forecaster according to CXO Advisory Group*
    • Acknowledged in 2010 as one of the industry's 30 most influential people over the previous 30 years by Investment Advisor magazine's prestigious IA-30-30 list.
    • Received the Bernstein Fabozzi Jacobs Levy Award for outstanding published research
    • Pioneer in the field of behavioral finance

    2010 Columns

    09.13.10 - Buy On Dip Fears (Current)
    08.30.10 - Fund Traders Are From Mars
    07.19.10 - Energy Under Our Feet
    06.07.10 - Mountains and Molehills
    05.10.10 - Those Bullish Spreads
    04.12.10 - Bull Market, Chapter Two
    03.15.10 - The Golden Question
    02.08.10 - Recovery, Part Two
    01.18.10 - A Grateful Dead Year

    2009 Columns

    12.14.09 - The Old Normal
    11.02.09 - Viva The V
    09.21.09 - Buy Into Fossil Fuels
    08.05.09 - The Bear Market is Over
    07.13.09 - Quarter-Century Mark
    06.22.09 - The Obama Effect
    05.06.09 - Blink And You'll Miss It
    04.27.09 - Lift Up Your Eyes
    03.30.09 - Get A Grip On Your Fears
    02.16.09 - Anticipate the V
    01.12.09 - Be A Bad News Bull

    2008 Columns

    12.22.08 - Media Mayhem
    11.24.08 - Pessimism and the Rebound
    10.27.08 - Stock to Survive On
    09.29.08 - The Unbubble
    09.01.08 - Five Blue Chips
    07.21.08 - Don't Fret About the Fed
    06.16.08 - A Stock for Eco-Nuts
    05.19.08 - Bully For Obama
    04.21.08 - Dear Abby
    03.24.08 - Crunch Mythology
    02.25.08 - 1998 Redux
    01.28.08 - We’re Too Gloomy

    2007 Columns

    12.10.07 - Another New Era
    11.12.07 - Put Some Money in Japan
    10.15.07 - Credit Goblins
    09.17.07 - The Fall 2007 Rally
    08.13.07 - The First and the Best
    07.02.07 - The Media Monitor
    06.04.07 - Thanks for Not Legislating
    05.07.07 - Never Before!
    04.16.07 - Don’t Worry
    03.26.07 - Takeover Targets
    02.26.07 - Housing Boom!
    01.29.07 - A Broken Record

    2006 Columns

    12.11.06 - When Turkeys Fly
    11.13.06 - The Rangel Factor
    10.16.06 - Fear Will Fade
    09.18.06 - The November Surprise
    08.14.06 - The Short, Sharp Shock
    07.03.06 - No News is Good News
    06.05.06 - Surviving Rate Rises
    05.08.06 - Feel the Force
    04.17.06 - Lessons from Lurie
    03.27.06 - Take My Stock, Please
    02.27.06 - A Replay of 1995?
    01.30.06 - I Still Hate Funds

    2005 Columns

    12.26.05 - The Integrity Premium
    11.28.05 - Buy That Earnings Yield
    10.17.05 - Three Questions That Count
    09.19.05 - You Bought A What?
    08.15.05 - Stop Fretting About Oil
    07.04.05 - Bubblenomics
    06.06.05 - Do Your Own M&A
    05.09.05 - That Wall Of Worry
    04.18.05 - Surprise - America Owes Too Little
    03.28.05 - End Your Gloom
    02.28.05 - It's a Beautiful World
    01.31.05 - Give It Time

    2004 Columns

    12.27.04 - Pray for Deficits
    11.29.04 - The Coming Melt-Up
    11.01.04 - When Earnings Are Cheap
    10.04.04 - Those Bearish Brits
    09.06.04 - Stocks for an Iffy Investor
    07.26.04 - Value Made Easy
    06.21.04 - Road Map 2004
    05.26.04 - The Benign-Rate Scenario
    04.26.04 - Philip A. Fisher, 1907-2004.
    04.12.04 - My WAG Model
    03.15.04 - Bush's Bull Market
    02.16.04 - A Lucky Year
    01.12.04 - The Great Humiliator

    2003 Columns

    12.08.03 - A Three-Year Bull Market
    11.10.03 - Don’t Sweat Small Moves
    09.29.03 - Valuation Myths
    09.29.03 - Professors and Markets
    07.21.03 - Dumb Bears II
    06.23.03 - Volatility, the Good Kind
    05.26.03 - Greed Is Good
    04.28.03 - Crash and Opportunity
    03.31.03 - Buy Money Managers
    03.03.03 - The Bipolar Market
    02.03.03 - Next Year Will Be Better
    01.06.03 - Three’s The Charm

    2002 Columns

    12.09.02 - Not Bonds, Books
    11.11.02 - The P/E Myth
    10.14.02 - Five More Reasons To Buy
    09.16.02 - A Beautiful Market
    08.12.02 - Four Dangerous Words
    07.08.02 - Buy Stocks
    05.27.02 - Controlled Risk
    04.29.02 - Buy Now
    04.01.02 - Myopia
    03.04.02 - Fatigue-O-Meter
    02.04.02 - 2002: Another Down Year
    01.07.02 - Troubling Questions

    2001 Columns

    12.10.01 - Bottoming Out
    11.12.01 - Wacky Forecasts
    10.15.01 - What HP Says About the Market
    09.17.01 - Mad Magazine Investors
    08.20.01 - I Hate Funds
    07.23.01 - The Lone Ranger
    06.11.01 - Bear Market Corrections
    05.14.01 - Fall Till The Fall
    04.16.01 - Bears, Bush and Greenspan
    03.19.01 - Bear Market!
    02.19.01 - Lucky Again in 2000
    01.22.01 - Tech 2001

    2000 Columns

    11.27.00 - America Versus The World
    10.30.00 - Portfolio Strategy
    10.02.00 - The Luck God
    07.03.00 - How To Get Richer
    05.29.00 - What To Do About Tech
    05.01.00 - Downturn Insurance
    04.03.00 - Break Their Crystal Balls
    03.06.00 - 1980 Revisited
    02.07.00 - Good and Lucky
    01.10.00 - Against The Odds

    1999 Columns

    12.13.99 - The Index Sirens
    11.15.99 - Never Say Dow
    10.18.99 - Greater Fools
    09.20.99 - Small-Stock Fantasies
    08.23.99 - The Broken Bond
    07.26.99 - Investing For Acrophobics
    06.14.99 - Adaptability
    05.17.99 - Not Your Average Joe
    04.19.99 - Bet Against The Experts
    03.22.99 - Why Big Gets Bigger
    02.22.99 - The Case Against Index Funds
    01.25.99 - Report Card 1998

    1998 Columns

    12.28.98 - Bullish for ‘99
    11.30.98 - Pick a Strategy and Stick With It
    10.05.98 - Don’t Let ‘Em Scare You Out of Stocks
    09.21.98 - Stay Cool
    09.07.98 - Complain All You Want
    08.10.98 - Dumb is Beautiful
    07.06.98 - News You Can’t Use
    06.01.98 - 1998 Looks Like 1958
    05.04.98 - This Bull Ain’t Tired
    04.06.98 - The Dance of the Elephants
    02.09.98 - A Passing Storm
    01.12.98 - The Bull Market’s Not Over

    1997 Columns

    12.15.97 - Buy High, Sell Small
    12.01.97 - Go Slow: Inflation Ahead

    * Ranking as of 1/1/2010 and can be found at http://www.cxoadvisory.com/gurus/. Fisher Investments has no affiliation with CXO Advisory Group. Market calls represent Ken Fisher's public descriptions of the overall market and don't represent the performance of Fisher Investments

    These articles reflect the personal opinions and viewpoints of the authors and should not be regarded as a description of the advisory services provided by Fisher Investments. Fisher Investments manages its clients' accounts using a variety of techniques not necessarily discussed in these articles. Nothing in these articles constitutes investment advice or any recommendation with respect to a particular country, sector, industry, security or portfolio of securities. No assurance can be made regarding the profitability of any security mentioned or regarding the accuracy of any forecast made. Not all past forecasts were, nor future forecasts may be, as accurate as those presented. Past performance is no guarantee of future returns. For Ken's Forbes "Portfolio Strategy" columns prior to 1997, please contact us directly and we would be pleased to provide them upon request.

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