Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings

2nd Edition

By: Philip A. Fisher, Kenneth L. Fisher - introduction contributor

Narrated by: Christopher Grove

Widely respected and admired, Philip Fisher is among the most influential investors of all time. His investment philosophies, introduced almost 40 years ago, are not only studied and applied by today's financiers and investors, but are also regarded by many as gospel. This book is invaluable for investors and has been since it was first published in 1958. This updated edition retains the investment wisdom of the original edition and includes the perspectives of the author's son Ken Fisher, an investment guru in his own right, in an expanded preface and introduction.

©1996, 2003 Philip A. Fisher (P)2019 Gildan Media

Mostly out of date material

Obviously taking into consideration when the book was written, the author completely ignored the political implications and the coming technological advances. Old school thoughts. But a pretty good romp through financial history.

Lots of good investment lessons and advise

Much of the material discusses great companies from the 1970s, like Dupont, Dow Chemical, and RayChem, but the principles haven't changed.

Not worth the hype

For all the hype, this book is not in the same league as Graham's "The Intelligent Investor". What struck me about this comparison is that where Graham's book is ground breaking and innovative, this one contains sparse nuggets of insight.

If this book is on your bucket list, tick it off; but do not expect greatness.

One of Buffett's two favorite books

Phil Phisher is amazing and the content of this book is almost timeless (perhaps besides some of the scuttlebutt phrasing). The two complaints I have are about his son's intro which feels like he has a bone to pick with his dad, and the narrator who is overly articulate and constantly emphasizing sentences poorly.

Very insightful. Written from experience

Foreword was a little long and somewhat unnecessary but the meat of the book is timeless.