The Ten Roads to Riches

Ken Fisher is best known for his prestigious "Portfolio Strategy" column in Forbes magazine, where his twenty-four-year tenure of high-profile market calls makes him the fourth longest-running columnist in Forbes's ninety-year history. He is also founder, Chairman, and CEO of Fisher Investments, an independent global money management firm with over $45 billion in assets. Fisher is ranked #271 on the 2007 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans and #677 on the 2008 Forbes Global Billionaire list, and is on Investment Advisor magazine's prestigious IA-25 list of the industry's most influential people. He is the award-winning author of numerous scholarly articles and has published four previous major finance books, including the New York Times bestseller The Only Three Questions Count , which is published by Wiley. Fisher has been published, interviewed, and/or written about in most major American, British, and German finance or business periodicals. He has a weekly column in Handelsblatt, Germany's leading finance daily. Lara Hoffmans graduated with a BA from the University of Notre Dame. She is a Senior Content Editor at Fisher Investments, and coauthored with Ken Fisher the bestseller The Only Three Questions That Count .

Preface: Why Ten Roads? Acknowledgments. Chapter 1 The Richest Road. Picking a Path. Newer or Better? Built to Sell or Built to Last? Bootstrap or Finance? Public or Private? The Big Bull's-Eye. Founders Are Quitters-Just Do It. Chapter 2 Pardon Me, That's My Throne. Gray Hair and Dues-Paying. A CEO-volution (Through My Father's Eyes). How to Lead. How to Get the Job. The Big Payday. CEOs and Superheroes. The Best Part. Chapter 3 Along for the Ride: Ride-Alongs. Why Ride Along? Pick the Right Firm. Be the Right Guy. Chapter 4 Rich ... and Famous. The Talent Show. Potholes Ahead No One Sees! Mogul Meandering. Chapter 5 Marry Well. Really Well. How to Marry a Millionaire Billionaire. Like a Fine Wine-Well Maintained. Men Can Play Too! Love, Marriage, and Money. Chapter 6 Steal It-Like a Pirate, but Legally. Crusader or Pirate? Raider's Road. The Richest Legal Road. Tort Us and the Scare. Target Practice. When a Pirate Becomes a Villain. The Inside Track. Chapter 7 OPM-Not Opium: Where Most of the Richest Are. Basic OPM Career Rules. Steps to OPM Wealth. Hedge Your Bets. Private Equity's Big Bucks. Don't Break the Law. Love Capitalism, Not Social Acceptance. Chapter 8 Inventing Income. The True Inventors. Writing for Dollars. Political Pensions-and Good News. If You Can't Be President ... Think Tanks Run Amok-a Sham-Scam. Chapter 9 Trumping the Land Barons. Monetize It. The Fool's Bargain. Getting Started. Buy, Build, or Both? Where to Be and Not to Be; That Is the Question. Chapter 10 The Road More Traveled. Income Matters. Saving Grace. Get a Good Rate of Return (Buy Stocks). The Right Strategy. Bonds Are Riskier Than Stocks. Seriously. Like Hetty? Conclusion. Notes. Index.