Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings
Philip A. Fisher
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits is Philip A. Fisher's case for studying a business before buying the stock. ChartClub lists the 2003 Wiley edition, which also includes other writings. Scuttlebutt is a research habit, not a valuation formula.
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- Author
- Philip A. Fisher
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Year
- 2003
- Pages
- 320
Key takeaways
- This record is the 2003 Wiley edition, not the 1958 original alone.
- The method is qualitative business research.
- A strong business is not automatically a good purchase price.
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- value-investing
- process
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