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Lessons to learn

When the greatest investor of all time, Warren Buffett, was asked to described himself, he said: "85 per cent Graham and 15 per cent Fisher". That's quite some accolade to Ben Graham, the grandfather of value investing whose works I have based my annual bargain share portfolios on. It also speaks volumes of the influence that Philip Fisher, a highly respected American investor and the founder of investment management company Fisher & Co, had on the investment approach of Mr Buffett.

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By Simon Thompson,
24 January 2013

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Simon has managed the IC's company coverage for a decade. He's also the creator of the market-beating Bargain Portfolio, an influential stock-picker and the author of Trading Secrets: 20 hard and fast rules to beat the market.