Comments on: Buffett’s other mentor http://globalgrowthinvestor.com/38/buffetts-other-mentor/ The Home Of Growth Investing Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:11:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: An Invester http://globalgrowthinvestor.com/38/buffetts-other-mentor/#comment-5 An Invester Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:26:04 +0000 http://globalgrowthinvestor.com/38/buffetts-other-mentor/#comment-5 With all due respect to Ben Granham, I believe that Fisher is the better investor of the two. I have read Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits(my most treasured investment book) no less than a dozen times, and I walk away with a new-found perspective after each reading. Buffett once said that he was "85% Granham and 15% Fisher," but he said it a long time ago. Today, I would say that Buffet is more like 70% Fisher and 30% Granham. With all due respect to Ben Granham, I believe that Fisher is the better investor of the two. I have read Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits(my most treasured investment book) no less than a dozen times, and I walk away with a new-found perspective after each reading.

Buffett once said that he was “85% Granham and 15% Fisher,” but he said it a long time ago. Today, I would say that Buffet is more like 70% Fisher and 30% Granham.

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