Phil Fisher’s 10 Dont’s For Investors [Pt. 2]

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Rupert Hargreaves
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Part two of Phil Fisher’s 10 Dont’s For Investors, as laid out in the book, Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits. You can find part one here. Don’t quibble over eighths and quarters  A throw-back the pre-2001 decimalization of the equity markets (Stocks were traded in fractions before April 2001).  Buffett has spoken in the past about how he’s set limit orders to buy stocks and not budged on price even if he really likes the opportunity. Fisher believed this approach was a mistake as bickering over a few extra dollars seems pointless if an opportunity has the potential to generate…

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Sign up now and get our in-depth FREE e-books on famous investors like Klarman, Dalio, Schloss, Munger Rupert is a committed value investor and regularly writes and invests following the principles set out by Benjamin Graham. He is the editor and co-owner of Hidden Value Stocks, a quarterly investment newsletter aimed at institutional investors. Rupert owns shares in Berkshire Hathaway. Rupert holds qualifications from the Chartered Institute For Securities & Investment and the CFA Society of the UK. Rupert covers everything value investing for ValueWalk