Financial Columnist

Ken Fisher is a regular contributor to several publications, including the New York Post in the United States; The Daily Telegraph in the United Kingdom; Australia’s most read newspaper, The Australian; Denmark’s leading business newspaper, Børsen; Ireland’s The Business Post; Singapore’s The Business Times; Taiwan’s Business Weekly; Caixin—often called the “Bloomberg of China”; Israel’s Calcalist; South Korea’s largest business paper, Chosun Weekly Biz; Japan’s Diamond Weekly; Spain’s largest business website and newspaper, elEconomista; Saudi Arabia’s Al Eqtisadiah; Mexico’s El Financiero; Germany’s Focus Money; Canada’s most read newspaper, The Globe and Mail; Switzerland’s leading business paper, Handelszeitung; the Hong Kong Economic Journal; Argentina’s Infobae; Belgium’s La Libre; the United Arab Emirates’ The National; France’s L’Opinion; Sweden’s Privata Affärer; Italy’s third-largest newspaper and number one business paper, Il Sole 24 Ore; the Netherlands’ largest newspaper, De Telegraaf; and Austria’s Trend.

Ken is perhaps best known for his "Portfolio Strategy" column in Forbes magazine, which ran from 1984 through 2016, making him the longest continuously running columnist in Forbes’ history. You can navigate the full history of Ken Fisher’s market calls through his writings in Forbes via the Ken Fisher interactive timeline.

Not all past forecasts were, nor future forecasts will be, as accurate as those presented here. Forecasts are Ken Fisher's personal forecasts of the overall market as published in Forbes and do not represent the performance of Fisher Investments. Past performance is no guarantee of future returns. Investing in securities involves the risk of loss.

股市只看3至30月內賺錢變數

By Ken Fisher, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Monday, January 13, 2025

小測驗︰以下哪一項是股票市場的重要驅動因素? 1.全球央行動向。 2.氣候變化。 3.香港生育不足與內地人口憂患。 4.科技巨擘的反壟斷角力。 答案是?以上皆非! 難以置信?大多數人認為股票是短視、遠視或兩者間的奇怪組合。非也!股票通常只受未來3至30個月內影響獲利能力的因素影響,並忽視大部分的短期

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Un año de confusión y paciencia en los mercados

By Ken Fisher, elEconomista, Monday, January 13, 2025

Antes de compartir mi pronóstico para 2025, quiero revelar una verdad absoluta: cualquier pronóstico requiere conocer información importante que otros han pasado por alto. Por eso, cuando estoy seguro de algo, no hay medias tintas. En enero del año pasado, expliqué por qué tanto la bolsa española como la internacional se dispararían en 2024. Predije lo mismo para 2023. Mis lectores más fieles saben que también me he equivocado muchas veces, y eso es algo molesto.

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Don’t fall prey to The Great Humiliator

By Ken Fisher, The Australian, Saturday, January 11, 2025

What will the ASX and global stocks do in 2025? Despite trying hard, I humbly don’t know … yet … but I have a plan. Let me explain. My neck sticks out. I am not shy. You saw it last January, when I foresaw global stocks’ gangbusters 2024. Ditto 2023. But overconfidence is poison. I have long called the stock market “The Great Humiliator” (TGH). It seeks to humiliate as many investors as possible, for as much money as possible for as long as possible. Overconfident investors are its prey.

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Why your plan this New Year should be to ignore Fed rate moves

By Ken Fisher, The National, Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Will the Fed keep cutting rates in 2025? Or will resurgent inflation force renewed hikes? Will UK and eurozone cuts prove too little, too late? Will more Bank of Japan hikes derail its gross domestic product bounce?

Anyone telling you what central banks will do is a liar or fool. You can’t know, ever. The good news? You don’t need to. Central banks’ power is hugely overrated. Cut, hike or hold, their actions rarely mean much. Sound heretical? Hear me out.

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