{"product_id":"the-only-three-questions-that-still-count-isbn-9781118115084","title":"The Only Three Questions That Still Count","description":"\u003cb\u003eKen Fisher explains what the competition doesn't know\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFrom investment expert and long-time \u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e columnist Ken Fisher comes the \u003ci\u003eSecond Edition\u003c\/i\u003e of \u003ci\u003eThe Only Three Questions That Count\u003c\/i\u003e. Most investors know the only way to consistently beat the markets is by knowing things others don't. But how can investors consistently find unique information in an increasingly interconnected world?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this book, Ken Fisher shows investors how they can find more usable information and improve their investing success rate—by answering just three questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePacked with more than 100 visuals and practical advice, \u003ci\u003eThe Only Three Questions That Count\u003c\/i\u003e is an entertaining and educational guide to the markets. But it also provides a useable framework investors can use now and for the rest of their investing careers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCNBC's \u003ci\u003eMad Money\u003c\/i\u003e host and money manager James J. Cramer says the book \"may be the single best thing you could do this year to make yourself a better investor\"\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSteve Forbes says, \"Investors will find this brilliant book an eye-opening, capital-gains producing experience\"\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe key to improving investing results is daring to challenge yourself and whatever you believe to be true, and Ken Fisher explains how in his own inimitable style.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Question One: What Do You Believe That Is Actually False? 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf You Knew It Was Wrong, You Wouldn’t Believe It 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mythological Correlation 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlways Look at It Differently 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen You Are Really, Really Wrong 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Question Two: What Can You Fathom That Others Find Unfathomable? 31\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFathoming the Unfathomable 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIgnore the Rock in the Bushes 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscounting the Media Machine and Advanced Fad Avoidance 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Shocking Truth About Yield Curves 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat the Yield Curve Is Trying to Tell You 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Presidential Term Cycle 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Question Three: What the Heck Is My \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrain Doing to Blindside Me Now? 67\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt’s Not Your Fault—Blame Evolution 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCracking the Stone Age Code—Pride and Regret 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great Humiliator’s Favorite Tricks 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGet Your Head Out of the Cave 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Capital Markets Technology 95\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding and Putting Capital Markets Technology Into Practice 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt’s Good While It Lasts 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForecast With Accuracy, Not Like a Professional 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBetter Living Through Global Benchmarking 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 When There’s No There, There! 131\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohns Hopkins, My Grampa, Life Lessons and Pulling a Gertrude 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the Center Ring—Oil Versus Stocks 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSell in May Because the January Effect Will Dampen Your Santa Claus Rally Unless There Is a Witching Effect 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 No, It’s Just The Opposite 155\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen You Are Wrong—Really, Really, Really Wrong 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMultiplier Effects and the Heroin-Addicted iPod Borrower 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLet’s Trade This Defi cit for That One 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New Gold Standard 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Shocking But True 185\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSupply and Demand . . . and That’s It 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWeak Dollar, Strong Dollar—What Does It Matter? 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 The Great Humiliator and Your Stone Age\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eBrain 213\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThat Predictable Market 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnatomy of a Bubble 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome Basic Bear Rules 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Causes a Bear Market? 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Putting It All Together 251\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStick With Your Strategy and Stick It to Him 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFour Rules That Count 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinally! How to Pick Stocks That Only Win 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen the Heck Do You Sell? 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Time to Say Goodbye 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransformationalism 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Causal Correlations and the Correlation Coefficient 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B: News You Can’t Use 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix C: Greater Fools 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix D: I Hate Funds 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix E: Annualized Versus Average 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix F: The Wizard of Oz and an OZ of Gold 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix G: 1980 Revisited 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix H: Popular But Problematic 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix I: Covered Calls—Covering What? 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 331\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eKen Fisher\u003c\/b\u003e is best known for his prestigious \"Portfolio Strategy\" column in Forbes magazine, where his over 27-year tenure of high-profile calls makes him the fourth longest-running columnist in \u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e's 90-plus year history. He is the founder, Chairman and CEO of Fisher Investments, an independent money management firm managing tens of billions for individuals and institutions globally. Fisher is ranked #263 on the 2011 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans and #736 on the 2011 Forbes Global Billionaire list. In 2010, Investment Advisor magazine named him among the 30 most influential individuals of the last three decades. Fisher has authored numerous professional and scholarly articles, including the award-winning \"Cognitive Biases in Market Forecasting.\" He has also published eight previous books, including bestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe Only Three Questions That Count\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ten Roads to Riches\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow to Smell a Rat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDebunkery and Markets Never Forget (But People Do)\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by Wiley. Fisher has been published, interviewed and\/or written about in many major American, British and German finance or business periodicals. He has a weekly column in \u003ci\u003eFocus Money\u003c\/i\u003e, Germany's leading weekly finance and business magazine.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLara Hoffmans\u003c\/b\u003e is a content manager at Fisher Investments, managing editor of MarketMinder.com, a regular contributor to Forbes.com and coauthor of the bestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe Only Three Questions That Count\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ten Roads to Riches\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow to Smell a Rat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDebunkery and Markets Never Forget (But People Do)\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Chou\u003c\/b\u003e graduated from the University of California with a BS in finance. She was a research analyst of global capital markets and macroeconomics at Fisher Investments.\u003c\/p\u003e  In his groundbreaking bestseller, \u003ci\u003eThe Only Three Questions That Count\u003c\/i\u003e, investment expert and longtime Forbes columnist Ken Fisher taught investors to question traditional investing wisdom, interrogate long-held market beliefs and, most importantly, to challenge themselves. And now, in \u003ci\u003eThe Only Three Questions That Still Count\u003c\/i\u003e, he's back demonstrating that the path to better investment results remains knowing what others don't.  \u003cp\u003eMost investors know the only way to consistently achieve investing success is by knowing things that others don't. Yet many investors believe they don't or can't know what others don't—so they continue making market bets based on \"conventional wisdom.\" In the updated edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Only Three Questions That Count\u003c\/i\u003e, Fisher debunks the conventional market myths that many investment decisions are based upon. And he reveals a methodology that allows investors to discover unknown or underappreciated information—information that can form the basis of a market bet.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd the methodology is as easy as asking three questions. The first helps you see things as they really are. The second question helps you see things other investors often miss. And the third will help you keep your unruly brain in line. Investing is a non-stop query session—this book hands you tools that should serve you the rest of your investing career.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThoroughly revised and updated, this new edition features new content and updated graphs and data. Packed with images, practical advice and anecdotes that show Fisher's ideas in action, the book helps you question how you think about the market, its component parts and even individual stocks. Taken together, Fisher's three questions can help you make better investment decisions by identifying what you—and you alone—can know and how you can profit from it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe key to better investment returns is daring to challenge yourself and what you believe to be true, and in \u003ci\u003eThe Only Three Questions That Still Count\u003c\/i\u003e, Ken Fisher explains how, in his own inimitable style—giving you the tools you need to outthink the market.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eLearn the three simple questions that can help improve your investing success\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMost investors understand that the best way to improve investing success is by knowing things others don't. But how can you consistently find new and unique information in an increasingly interconnected world? In \u003ci\u003eThe Only Three Questions That Still Count\u003c\/i\u003e, the revised and updated new edition of Ken Fisher's investment bestseller, he teaches you a methodology you can use right away to find unique information—and the basis for a market bet. Fisher's methodology is simple—a set of three questions you can use to avoid common errors, find information others miss and gain control of your brain. Filled with images, anecdotes and practical advice to help you every step of the way, \u003ci\u003eThe Only Three Questions That Still Count\u003c\/i\u003e is essential investment reading from a true expert and the ultimate guide to gaining the edge to leave your competition in the dust.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990304735461,"sku":"NP9781118115084","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118115084.jpg?v=1761787279","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-only-three-questions-that-still-count-isbn-9781118115084","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}