Fisher Investments Press

Wall Street is an institution that some, especially today, seem to take for granted. It didn't appear one day from some biblical fairy tale. Instead, Wall Street exists as it does because of nearly two centuries of pioneering, innovation, perspiration, mistakes and scandals. Throughout Wall Street's evolution, survival of the fittest dictated which innovations would be incorporated and which mistakes would be corrected - and it was these improvements that made the market the wonderful institution so many now take for granted. But it was the individuals behind the improvements who drove the making of the market. This book presents 100 such people, each of whom contributed something - a lesson, an innovation, or a scam. Their minds made the innovations and their impact made the market what it is, so ultimately and simply, it was their minds that made the market - hence the book's title. Looking back on their lives in invaluable for anyone who never stopped to think how the market came about and essential for everyone connected with today's market and tomorrow's future. As the saying goes, "Those who do not learn from past mistakes are doomed to repeat them." Here you have 100 of the best teachers available to save you from learning the hard way the lessons their lives so vividly portray. In reading 100 Minds That Made the Market, you will find the story behind Wall Street's gradual formation as fascinating and engrossing as the market itself.

The Fisher Investments on Technology Guide provides the average investor with the tools necessary to understand and analyze investment opportunities within the global Technology sector. Through this book, one will gain a basic understanding of how the sector works, the investment universe of the technology sector segmented by industry, pertinent macroeconomic drivers, and challenges facing companies in the sector. Additionally, there will be chapters dedicated to emerging technologies, country by country comparisons of technological advancement, and security analysis techniques focused on the technology sphere. Times have changed, and investors need to change with them. Technology is an ever-changing market. Though investors are often weary of tech investing, with big risk can come even bigger rewards. Fisher Investments on Technology gives readers the tools to invest in tech companies which include staples such as Microsoft and Intel and spans to a host of lucrative software and computer services companies.

The Fisher Investments on Consumer Discretionary provides the average investor with the tools necessary to understand and analyze investment opportunities within the global Consumer Discretionary sector. Through this book, one will gain a basic understanding of how the sector works, the investment universe of the Consumer Discretionary sector segmented by industry, pertinent macroeconomic drivers, and challenges facing companies in the sector. Consumer Discretionary includes companies which deal with products or services that are not necessities. The degree of spending and amount of consumption of these products and services varies depending upon the individual. These industries include automobiles, high-end clothing, restaurants, hotels, and luxury goods. Times have changed, and investors need to change with them. Consumer Discretionary is an ever-changing market. Though investors are often weary of luxury investing, with big risk can come even bigger rewards. Fisher Investments on Consumer Discretionary gives readers the tools to invest in luxury and consumer good companies which include staples such as entertainment, media, automobiles, and travel goods.

Most investors are wrong most of the time. To be a true contrarian investor, you know you won’t be right all the time. You know the market is The Great Humiliator and you expect to be wrong 30-40% of the time. The difference though is that a contrarian will be right more often than wrong. The real contrarian knows markets look 3 to 40 months out and look hardest at the next 12 to 18 months. They know every earnings report, corporate action, GDP release, etc. is baked in nanoseconds after its released. They know it’s not a matter of whether things like Obamacare are good or bad, because anything so widely discussed is already priced in. They know infinite, unforeseeable technological changes will collide to address whichever long-term thing everyone fears. So, they look at today’s fundamental reality, and they try to game how it will impact corporate earnings looking forward. They look at sentiment and try to game whether it’s too high or too low given where earnings will be. This is Beating the Crowd.