Debunkery audiobook

I'm rather surprised by the low rating on this book by the other reviewer. Ken Fisher is one of the most successful and well regarded investment managers in the world. He is constantly on the prowl of proof of trends that matter, combinations of indicators that mean something, at least for a relatively short period of time. His description of 50 widely accepted Wall Street "truths" and his factual support for their fallability is excellent, even if the theme is repeated so often. Perhaps the other reader wanted to learn what does work in selecting investments. Clearly this was not the book written for that purpose. Anyone who has read Fisher's 2006 book "The Only Three Questions That Count: Investing by Knowing What Others Don't" would realize that he is critical of any one factor or trend having predictive value in terms of stock market direction.

I have been investing off and on for most of my life as a private investor. I have been successful using blind luck, and horribly unsuccessful when I let fear get to me. I have read many investing books over time, and have come to believe most of them are bunk. Some work for a short time, others not at all. What I find that I like about Ken Fisher's books, are that it does a much better job of explaining the why behind successful investors in a believable, and verifiable way. It's a fundamental truth that what most of us "know" is either wrong or priced in to the market. already and hence not an edge. It's very difficult to know something others don't in regards to investing. Being able to find technologies that you can test and verify, while still getting broad coverage in the market is a powerful concept that get's easily lost in the "get rich quick" investing books. I highly recommend this book. even if you don't plan to do the investing yourself, it pays to be armed with facts when talking to your investment adviser so you know if nothing else, when to walk away.

I listened to Ken Fisher's interview podcast on Master In Business podcast of Barry Ritzholt while taking an MBA online program. I admired his knowledge and his point of view on banking investment and capital investment. Even though I wrote down the book's name, I did not have a chance to listen to the entire audiobook. This book describes every single angle of information talking about the stock market. We heard from multiple news, such as SAR-COV-1, terrorism, 1987 events, 2003 events, IRA, political scandals, and healthcare innovation (new drugs and new vaccines). We heard abundant of information and public business meeting from the CEOs about their companies. However, we never question how the information or news impacts our portfolio, how relevant the news is to the stock market, and how fast the information gets impacted. There are numbers and charts represented in your daily view, and we wonder if we know how to utilize the charts or data to diversify our portfolio.In addition, we know the US economy has debt and the world's financial capital, and money flows in and out of the US market. We are all consumers or investors in the US economy. If the funds flow around, the stock market can go up and down depending on the volatility rate. Ken did emphasize how we understood all the principles and factors of the financial world or investment based on the variety of information. He split up into 50 bunks to make a clear point about all the information the investors commonly hear, see, read, and analyze for the portfolio. It's very informative and great discussion to analyze and understand the investment world.

Helpful read as I attempt to add a zero or three to the bottom line.

What to make of a book with a typo on the very first page ? Nothing is reliable.

I thought I knew a lot about investing, but I learned a lot from this book.

This book gave me some interesting perspecives that I did know before.

Excellent, quick, stands the test of time.

Short review of your mistake. Cool

My first Ken Fisher book. I thought it was a decent investment book. Premise is to debunk myths about investing. He is very gung ho on the stock market, and relies on straight forward analysis to make his point. One of his points is to look at what makes up averages. One example is where he shows S&P 500 annual return ranges since 1926. Only 28.6% were there negative returns, 33.3% (28 occurrences) had average returns of 10-20%, and 38% of the time had returns greater than 20%. He also showed how the market did in each year of a presidency (since Coolidge).Fisher is pretty impressed with himself and repeats himself a lot. But that's typical for this type of book.

Ken Fisher has an excellent book here! I found the 50 “bunks” to be quite helpful. He makes you look at the stock market with new eyes not clouded by public opinion. The book is easy to follow and understand but I feel that it is not meant for a beginner. I think that it would be better if you knew a little something about investing in stocks and some basic facts about the economy before you read this book. However, I may be wrong. Maybe this is one of the first books that you should read so that you can start off on the right path while you enter the wonderful world of investing.

Fun easy read on common investing mistakes. Great for newbies, even a few thought provoking ones for me.

This was a lot of fun. Easy to read in small pieces, but some great information, charts, etc. Couldn't find anything to dislike.