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Paths to Wealth Through Common Stocks

Paths to Wealth Through Common Stocks

Philip Fisher
1960
214 pages · about 3h 34m to read Open Librarygoodreads

About Philip Fisher

Founder, Fisher & Company, 1931-1999

Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits defined qualitative growth investing and the scuttlebutt method, and Buffett credits him as one of his two intellectual sources.

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Who recommended it 3 · 2 direct

Francois RochondirectSource

“I've read all of Mr. Fisher's books. There is a chapter in 'Paths to Wealth Through Common Stocks' that I want to recommend because few investors have heard about it. It is almost a historical…”

Mohnish PabraidirectSource
Warren Buffettreported

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Buy a few outstanding growth companies, research them by scuttlebutt, and hold.

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