"The Only Three Questions That Count" is superb.
Ken Fisher brings a fresh outlook to investing. This is not the typical buy low, sell hign manuscript. It delves into the psychology of reading the market. A must read for the investor.

WLH

Pompous, boring and lacking substance
Ken Fisher is very, very full of himself, and I'm sure he has every right to be, but he's no fun to read. There's some good information in here to be sure, but trying to sift through the author's fairly serious biases makes it difficult to get to. Some of his thoughts, don't worry about our debt (we're under indebted), don't worry about oil prices (they only affect 1 percent of stocks) but a presidential election can affect the whole market! Maybe he's right, after all Ken Fisher is rich, and I'm not, but after being in his head for 8 or 9 hours while reading this book, I'm not wishing to change places.

So far so good
I haven't gotten all the way through the book yet. But so far so good. Questioning what we all "know" makes sense. And I am a believer in most data is already built into the stock price. So you have to determine what is true that everyone else does not know. Good so far.

Great Read, Good Advice from a Contrarian Curmudgeon
Ken Fisher is an interesting guy. But don't let me tell you about him - let him talk about himself. He does that a lot in this book.

The book itself feels like a sort of wandering conversation in which Ken takes you through his mindset to approaching stocks, how he questions market myths that the unwashed common masses take as gospel truth. To avoid following the herd, he asks three questions to make sure his mind is focused on uncovering 'real' truths of market movement. Stuff like 'deficit spending is good for the economy', and 'high p/e ratios do not necessarily signal over-priced stocks'.

Ken Fisher is a smart guy; having a conversation with him that lasts this long is a lot of fun, and it will make you all the wiser in your general approach to investing. I enjoyed his random rants on politics, and his general advice on finding your own causations and correlations in an increasingly complex world.

Where I fault this book is in its organization and its mild contradictions. Ken flat out denies for example that he's a contrarian by defining what he thinks is a contrarian and then describing why he isn't like that definition. He's also quite contradictory in his effusing of the efficient market hypothesis while bragging about his discovery of the p/s ratio to find undervalued stocks.

Finally, Ken has a lot of pent-up anger toward the financial industry, and he writes like he feels he's never received the respect he deserves. Kind of put a sour taste in my mouth when taking in the advice.

I recommend this book all the same. Like I said - Ken is an interesting guy; see through the faults, and you'll realize a wealth of interesting advice from a guy who knows what he's talking about.

Just terrific
What a valuable read. This is not like any other investing book I've read. The chapter on oil is worth the price of the book alone, particularly now that everyone's so worried about oil. This was just one eye-opening shocker after another.

If you want real advice on how to beat markets, get this book. If you want another fad diet book on some magic formula that doesn't really work, this isn't it.

Also, its pretty darn funny in parts! That was another nice surprise. I found this to be a good read, not too technical, but with enough real, front-line-of-the-war advice.