Financial Columnist

Ken Fisher writes monthly, native language columns in major media organs around the world, including the New York Post in the United States; The Daily Telegraph in the United Kingdom; Denmark’s leading business newspaper, Børsen; 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; Ireland’s Irish Independent; 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. In total, his 25 unique columns span more countries in more total volume than any other columnist of any type ever.

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.

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.

Don't be duped by Reeves's Isa reprieve - get your money out of cash now

By Ken Fisher, The Telegraph, Saturday, August 16, 2025

Banks and building societies are thrilled that Rachel Reeves has temporarily shelved plans to cut cash Isa allowances. But that doesn't mean you should top up cash holdings. Whatever eventually happens with allowances, holding too much cash is a real and big risk called "opportunity cost". Forget the politics here, and whether Reeves's goal - getting more money into stocks and shares Isas to boost investment and returns - would work. This is all about your needs and whether your finances will meet them.

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Fisher Investments founder Ken Fisher on predictions of a market correction

By Ken Fisher, CNN International, Tuesday, August 12, 2025

"No one has ever consistently be able to predict corrections. Corrections come at any time for any reason or no reason at all, and they are often just like somebody yelling fire for no reason in a crowded movie theater." Fisher Investments founder Ken Fisher on predictions of a market correction.

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Liquidités : un placement sûr… en apparence seulement

By Ken Fisher, La Libre, Tuesday, August 12, 2025

La liquidité est-elle reine ? Face à l'envolée de l'euro et des taux supérieurs à leurs niveaux quasi-nuls de 2022, de nombreux investisseurs font le plein de liquidités. C'est peut-être votre cas. Mais jusqu'où est-ce raisonnable ?

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Left for dead, this unseen tailwind helps power the ASX

By Ken Fisher, Australian Financial Review, Sunday, August 10, 2025

A secret tailwind powers Australian and global stocks, driven through banking incentives. What is it and why does it work? First, some history. The yield curve was a gold standard indicator of recessions for many decades – until it “broke”. It depicted a government’s bond yields, covering securities from short-term to 10-year bonds, arrayed left to right.

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「美國優先」令華爾街跌落神壇

By Ken Fisher, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Thursday, August 7, 2025

自美國總統特朗普於4月2日推出不合邏輯的關稅措施以來,相關新聞接踵而至,令不確定性持續高企。 市場向來最恐懼持續攀升的高度不確定性,這會令企業按兵不動、投資意欲放緩、拖慢經濟增長──當下美國正是首當其衝。下文將詳述當前形勢的啟示,甚至指出如何從中獲利。 間接鼓勵他國貿易活動 股市向來最能準確反映中長 ...

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Fisher: Kriget mot inflationen är över

By Ken Fisher, Privata Affärer, Thursday, August 7, 2025

Är inflationsgnistan på väg att tändas igen? Den högre inflationen i juli väcker oro över en repris på 2022–2023 – eller åtminstone att Riksbanken dröjer med räntesänkningarna. Ingen fara. Kriget mot inflationen är över. Låt mig förklara.

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Forget TACO trades and meme stocks, this stock rally is no illusion

By Ken Fisher, The National, Monday, August 4, 2025

Are stocks ignoring reality? Or gorging on empty calories of "TACO" (Trump Always Chickens Out) trading - or getting bloated from frothy meme stocks? Bears believe that since world stocks' rally quickly reversed 2025's early-year correction. The reality is way simpler: forward-looking stocks pre-priced a worst-case tariff scenario in the spring that never arrived. A better-than-feared world is now taking shape. In any bull market, that is all stocks need to rally.

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The insidious risk in holding on to cash

By Ken Fisher, Business Times Singapore, Monday, August 4, 2025

Many investors say they do so ‘in case’ stocks tumble, but focusing on portfolio parts versus the whole is a dangerous mental error.

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