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Strategies & Market Trends : Value Investing
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To: john harris who wrote (2628)12/4/1997 9:49:00 AM
From: Paul Senior   of 78656
 
John Harris: thought some more about Phil Fisher's books. I have read them all. I guess I'll have to review them again. I say now his books are not useful for the beginner here on SI. Because:
1. He recommends very thorough research including knowledge of management.
2. He recommends or advocates holding the chosen stock "forever".
3. This means the investor can only understand and own a few companies.
4. His record is not public. He's had some excellent results of course with TI and MOT, but I'm not so sure of his FMC.

Yes, this method works for Fisher and maybe for others and maybe the body of knowledge of investing is based on some of his work, but for somebody starting out... these methods are not really how the average investor wants to invest or, given that there are other methodologies, needs to invest. JMO, Paul Senior
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