Kenneth Fisher Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Over rolling long periods, U.S. and non-U.S. stocks tend to equalize.”

“Readers regularly ask what can go wrong but almost never what could positively surprise.”

“The average mutual fund holding period for equity or fixed income is only about three years. It's too short.”

“The more you talk about investing problems, the worse you feel. Instead of complaining, it's better to do something.”

“The stock market is a discounter of all known information.”

“The world is filled with successful small businesses that stay small.”

“What is the most common investor mistake? Trading - getting in and getting out at all the wrong times, for all the wrong reasons.”

“You may have seen my firm's ads screaming, 'I Hate Annuities.' Folks ask why we run them. Simple: Because I do.”

“Anyone can see how if a feared tax hike doesn't happen, that's a positive factor. But even if tax hikes happen as feared, vast history tells me it doesn't have to have the big bad impact folks fear. And fear of a false factor is always bullish.”

“Back in the '60s and '70s, data were scarce, and while analysts knew that companies with fat gross margins lagged those with thin gross margins early in bull markets - and overachieved in the later phases - they couldn't do much about it.”