The Only Three Questions That Count: Investing by Knowing What Others Don't

FOREWORD

Ken Fisher has quietly built an empire based on a simple precept: make as much money as possible over time with the least amount of risk because that's what the customer deserves, and deep down, it's what we all want. Nobody's better than Ken. That's not some crazy hyperbole. He actually is the best. My agent's going to kill me for saying all of this. Ken and I are competitors, what am I doing praising his product? What kind of capitalist am I? First off, Ken's a good friend, but that's not what matters to you. What matters to you is simple: Ken can make you money. I believe that reading his book may be the single best thing you could do this year to make yourself a better investor. Let me be totally honest with you; right now I run a charitable trust with all kinds of restrictions, but if I were allowed to have my own money managed, I'd hand it over to Ken without a second thought. I'm only telling you this because I'm unhealthily honest and because I want to make you money—Ken can help with that.

After reading this book all the way through in one sitting because I couldn't put it down (which I really don't have the time to do), I realized something. In this book, Ken has just turned the entire world of investing upside down. He's taken every myth, every useless, silly belief that most of the professionals ruin themselves with, and he's not only refuted them, which after all is just an assertion, but actually proved them wrong. And he does better than that because in this ...