- The Golden Question, Ken Fisher, Forbes, 3/15/2010
Trying to preserve her youth, Diane de Poitiers, mistress of French King Henry II, died from drinking gold. Today's world is choking on it. My firm's investment counselors get more questions like "What about gold?" than on any other single topic. Overseas investors are particularly smitten.
- Outside the Box with Ken Fisher, Jane Wollman Rusoff, Research, 3/1/2010
Redwood-rich Woodside, Calif., is geographically and aesthetically about as far away from Wall Street as you can get within the U.S. Yet this small town on the San Francisco Peninsula is headquarters of one of the investment world’s foremost experts.
- January Dis-Indicator, Ken Fisher, Interactive Investor, 2/10/2010
Here we go again. World shares fell 3.3% in January (in pound sterling) and the rabble is chanting "so goes January!" It's a popular (and silly) saying, meaning if January's first week is up, the month will be too, and the year.
- 192nd Avenue Shaping up to Become County’s Gateway to Growth, The Columbian, 2/7/2010
Construction projects worth more than $495 million are poised to sprout on more than 1,122 acres along the 192nd corridor from state Highway 14 to Northeast 18th Street. Those include nine short-term projects that range from Clark College's satellite campus to plans for Costco's second Clark County warehouse store, plus two medical office buildings, housing for families, apartments for seniors, a bank branch, a highly visible retail center and the proposed 150-acre campus of offices for Fisher Investments.
- Choking on gold, Ken Fisher, Interactive Investor, 1/14/2010
It was recently discovered France's King Henry II's favorite mistress Diane de Poitiers poisoned herself drinking gold - a popular anti-aging remedy in 16th century France. Didn't do her much good, though. Today's world doesn't drink gold, but is choking on it. Everyone wants to talk about gold - itself a bearish sign.
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