In this article, we discuss the 12 best long-term stocks to buy according to Ken Fisher.
Ken Fisher is a prominent American billionaire investment analyst, author, and the founder of Fisher Asset Management, one of the biggest and most successful hedge funds in the world. Fisher was born in California in 1950. His net worth is estimated at over $11.2 billion, ranking him high on the list of richest Americans and global billionaires. Fisher’s early life was influenced by his father, Philip A. Fisher, a renowned stock investor. He pursued higher education at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, graduating in 1972 with an associate degree in economics. In 1979, Fisher founded Fisher Investments, which has grown into a global financial advisory firm managing close to $252 billion in 13F securities.
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Fisher’s influence extends beyond asset management. He authored the Portfolio Strategy column in Forbes from 1984 to 2016, making him the longest continuously running columnist in the magazine’s history. Currently, he contributes monthly columns to major publications worldwide, including the New York Post, The Daily Telegraph, and The Australian, among others. In addition to his columns, Fisher has authored 11 books on investing, with four becoming New York Times bestsellers. His work has significantly influenced investment strategies and financial planning. Notably, he popularized the price-to-sales ratio as a stock analysis tool and has been involved in groundbreaking work in behavioral finance.
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For this article, we selected stocks by combing through the 13F portfolio of Fisher Asset Management at the end of the fourth quarter of 2024. Only the companies that have been in the 13F portfolio of the fund consistently for the past three years were selected. These stocks are also popular among other hedge funds. Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter’s strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 275% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 150 percentage points (see more details here).
Ken Fisher of Fisher Asset Management
Best Long-Term Stocks to Buy According to Ken Fisher
12. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 96
Fisher Asset Management’s Stake: $2.9 billion
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) operates as a semiconductor manufacturer. For the full year 2024, AMD reported record revenue of $25.8 billion, gross margin of 49%, operating income of $1.9 billion, and net income of $1.6 billion. In January, the company announced new gaming products to expand its leadership in desktop, mobile and handheld gaming and deliver incredible performance for the most demanding games. AMD unveiled new Ryzen 9900X3D and 9950X3D Series desktop processors, offering extraordinary performance for desktop gamers, as well as the second-generation handheld gaming PC processor – the Ryzen Z2, enabling top-tier performance for AAA titles on the go. In February, the company signed a Letter of Intent with France’s CEA to develop advanced, energy-efficient AI computing technologies for demanding fields like energy and medicine.
