1958 · Harper & Brothers
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits (key principles, paraphrased)
Fisher considered the error rate of trying to time the market on great companies far worse than the cost of holding them through declines. He wrote that the money was made not by buying and selling but by owning — by sitting through the volatility that shook out less committed holders. At the same time he was ruthless about cutting genuine analytical mistakes, arguing that the refusal to admit an error was the most expensive habit an investor could have.