20/20 Money: See the Markets Clearly and Invest Better Than the Pros

Acknowledgments

Of all the professional gifts I have been given, learning how to think—how to see the world and make one's way in it—is the best one I can imagine. It's been my great privilege to serve and learn under Ken Fisher, Andrew Teufel, and Jeff Silk—the three members of Fisher Investments' Investment Policy Committee. From them, I have obtained skills and lessons that will remain with me the rest of my days. In some sense, I owe everyone at Fisher Investments a debt of gratitude, for if it's true that we are only as good as those we choose to work with, I am humbled by the thought.

It's also true that hard work and desire mean nothing without opportunity, and in that spirit I owe a great deal of thanks to Andrew Teufel and Fabrizio Ornani—two who gave me more chances than I probably deserved and believed in me to achieve when there was often little reason to.

Then there is Lara Hoffmans. Good writing, even investment writing, is about clarity, intelligence, daring, freedom, and energy. None of that exists without her presence and influence on Fisher Investments Press. And that is especially true of this book and the daily work we do at Fisher Investments' MarketMinder.com website.

Anyone who's ever written anything knows first drafts are always terrible. It's in the editing process a manuscript goes from dreadful to serviceable, eventually becoming something worthwhile. I owe Dina Ezzat, Ashley Muth, and Evelyn Chea much thanks in that effort, and also Jason Dorrier and Carolyn ...