Why IPO hype always comes before the fall
By Ken Fisher, The National, Wednesday, August 5, 2026
More than half of US initial public offerings that outperformed in month one were lagging within the year
Read MoreKen Fisher writes monthly, native language columns in major media organs around the world, including the New York Post in the United States; The Daily Telegraph in the United Kingdom; The Australian Financial Review; Denmark’s leading business newspaper, Børsen; Singapore’s The Business Times; Taiwan’s Business Weekly; Caixin—often called the “Bloomberg of China”; Israel’s Calcalist; South Korea’s largest business paper, Chosun Weekly Biz; Japan’s Diamond Weekly; France’s largest business newspaper, Les Echos, and L’Opinion; Spain’s largest business website and newspaper, elEconomista; India’s Eenadu (Telugu) and Vijayavani (Kannada); Saudi Arabia’s Al Eqtisadiah; Mexico’s El Financiero; Germany’s Focus Money; Canada’s most read newspaper, The Globe and Mail; the Hong Kong Economic Journal; Argentina’s Infobae; Ireland’s Irish Independent; Portugal’s Jornal de Negócios; Norway's Kapital; Belgium’s La Libre; the United Arab Emirates’ The National; Sweden’s Privata Affärer; Italy’s third largest newspaper and number one business paper, Il Sole 24 Ore; the Netherlands’ largest newspaper, De Telegraaf; Austria’s Trend; and Brazil’s leading daily business and financial newspaper, Valor Econômico In total, his 31 unique columns span more countries in more total volume than any other columnist of any type ever.
Ken is perhaps best known for his "Portfolio Strategy" column in Forbes magazine, which ran from 1984 through 2016, making him the longest continuously running columnist in Forbes’ history.
Not all past forecasts were, nor future forecasts will be, as accurate as those presented here. Forecasts are Ken Fisher's personal forecasts of the overall market as published in Forbes and do not represent the performance of Fisher Investments. Past performance is no guarantee of future returns. Investing in securities involves the risk of loss.
By Ken Fisher, The National, Wednesday, August 5, 2026
More than half of US initial public offerings that outperformed in month one were lagging within the year
Read MoreBy Ken Fisher, Valor Econômico - Globo, Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Histórico mostra que comprar ações em ofertas iniciais traz mais frustração do que satisfação
Read MoreBy Ken Fisher, Trend, Monday, August 3, 2026
Mehr als die Hälfte aller Börsengänge werden langfristig betrachtet ein Flop, warnt Experte Ken Fisher.
Read MoreBy Ken Fisher, El Financiero, Sunday, August 2, 2026
La IA favorece el reciclaje profesional y las posibilidades de contratación, no el desempleo generalizado. Muchas empresas internacionales que recortaron su plantilla por la IA están volviendo a contratar, como IBM o Ford, porque subestimaron el valor del criterio y la supervisión humanos.
Read MoreBy Ken Fisher, Australian Financial Review, Sunday, August 2, 2026
Thinking of riding the next big tech sharemarket float to instant riches? History has a brutal reality check for you.
Read MoreBy Ken Fisher, Il Sole 24 Ore, Sunday, August 2, 2026
Da SpaceX fino ad Anthropic e Databricks: ecco perché non è sempre oro quello che luccica in Borsa
Read MoreBy Ken Fisher, EeNadu, Wednesday, July 29, 2026
భారత్ లో తగ్గుగ్గుతున్నన్న జననాల రేటు, పెరుగుతున్నన్న వృవృద్ధుద్ధుల సంసంఖ్యఖ్య దేశప్రగతిపంపంథాను దెబ్బబ్బతీస్తాస్తాయనేది విశ్లేశ్లేషకుల ఆంఆందోళన! రాబోయే రోజుల్లోల్లో శ్రామిక కొరతపరిశ్రమలను కుదేలు చేస్తుంస్తుంస్తుందని, ఉత్పా దకత లేని వృవృద్ధుద్ధుల సంసంరక్షణ భారంరం యువతసంసంపాదనను హరింరించి వేస్తుంస్తుంస్తుందనేది వారి అనుమానంనం.
Read MoreBy Ken Fisher, Chosun Ilbo, Monday, July 27, 2026
IPO 열풍이 뜨겁다. 오픈AI, 앤스로픽 등 화려한 비상장 기업들이 스페이스X의 뒤를 이어 기업 공개를 추진하고 있다. SK하이닉스도 미국에서 주식예탁증서(ADR)를 상장했다. 투자자들은 빠르게 큰돈을 벌 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.
Read MoreBy Ken Fisher, New York Post, Monday, July 27, 2026
Memo to new Federal Reserve boss Kevin Warsh: Don’t believe the hype – we’re not coming out of a pandemic anymore. And hiking interest rates now would be a major mistake.
Read MoreBy Ken Fisher, Al Eqtisadiah, Sunday, July 26, 2026
يوجد أكثر من 60 مركز بيانات سعودي، بما في ذلك مركز هيكساغون الضخم في الرياض. يقول ثلاثة أرباع السعوديين إن الذكاء الاصطناعي قد زاد من كفاءة وجودة العمل والابتكار. ويتوقع الخبراء أن تؤدي مكاسب الإنتاجية إلى زيادة الأرباح بشكل كبير والقضاء على التضخم، في حين ستؤدي إلى تسريح ملايين الأشخاص واستنزاف الموارد الطبيعية. كل هذا يُؤجج حالة من الهلع. لكن كيف يمكنك التمييز بين الحقيقة والخيال (أو الخيال العلمي)؟
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