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Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings
Philip A. Fischer
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Discover the investment bible that transformed Warren Buffett's strategy. Fisher's "scuttlebutt" method revolutionized growth investing by valuing qualitative research over numbers alone. What counterintuitive wisdom made this 1958 classic required reading at Stanford Business School and a cornerstone of Berkshire Hathaway's phenomenal success?

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What the Greatest Investors Know That You Don't

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Picture a man who bought Motorola stock in 1955 and still held it at his death in 2004-never selling, never wavering, watching a modest investment compound into a fortune over five decades. Philip Fisher wasn't a market timer or a day trader. He was a patient hunter of extraordinary businesses, and his approach transformed $10,000 investments into millions. Warren Buffett keeps Fisher's book on his desk not out of nostalgia, but because the insights remain as powerful today as when Fisher first articulated them. The question isn't whether Fisher's method works-his track record proves that beyond doubt. The question is whether you have the discipline to apply it.

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Separating the Extraordinary from the Merely Good

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The Intelligence Network That Beats Wall Street

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The Fifteen-Point Framework That Filters Out Mediocrity

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Timing the Cycle, Not the Market

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The Radical Discipline of Almost Never Selling

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The Wealth-Building Mindset That Separates Winners from Losers

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