Kenneth Fisher is known for writing monthly, native language columns in international outlets.
23 Facts About Kenneth Fisher
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Kenneth Fisher has authored eleven books on investing, and research papers in the field of behavioral finance.
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Kenneth Fisher was born in San Francisco, California, the son of influential stock investor Philip A Fisher.
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Kenneth Fisher dropped out of high school and went to Cal Poly Humboldt to study forestry, and graduated with an associate degree in economics in 1972.
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In 2015, Kenneth Fisher was appointed to the board of advisors of the Forbes School of Business at Ashford University.
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Kenneth Fisher is founder and chairman of Kenneth Fisher Investments, an independent money management firm.
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Kenneth Fisher founded the firm in 1979, incorporated in 1986, and was CEO until July 2016, when he was succeeded by long-time employee Damian Ornani.
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Kenneth Fisher remains active as the firm's executive chairman and co-chief investment officer.
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In June 2024, Kenneth Fisher Investments announced Advent International and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority agreed to purchase a minority stake in the company worth between $2.5 billion and $3 billion.
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James O'Shaughnessy credits Kenneth Fisher with being the first to define and use the PSR as a forecasting tool.
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Kenneth Fisher Investments was among the institutional money managers offering small-cap value investing to clients in the late 1980s.
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Kenneth Fisher is well known for his investment columns, which currently run in the New York Post and 18 other countries.
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Kenneth Fisher publishes regular YouTube videos answering common investor questions and appears on major US and international broadcast media, including Bloomberg TV, CNBC, CNBC India, CNBC Asia, CNN International and Fox News.
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Kenneth Fisher has authored eleven investing books, six of which were national best sellers:.
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In 2015, Kenneth Fisher released Beat the Crowd: How You Can Out-Invest the Herd by Thinking Differently.
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Kenneth Fisher released the Second Edition of The Only Three Questions That Count in April 2012, and the Second Edition of The Ten Roads to Riches in April 2017.
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Together with his spouse, Kenneth Fisher contributed $250,000 to Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign.
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In October 2019, Kenneth Fisher was criticized for references he made during a fireside chat at an industry conference sponsored by Tiburon Strategic Advisors.
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In February 2020, Bloomberg clarified their reporting and wrote that Kenneth Fisher cautioned against using financial planning as a way to sign up new clients and compared it to approaching a woman at a bar.
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Fidelity announced it was reviewing the $500 million in assets that it has Kenneth Fisher's organization manage, and Philadelphia's board of pensions terminated its relationship with Kenneth Fisher.
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At the time of the controversy, Kenneth Fisher Investments managed $100 billion in assets.
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Kenneth Fisher is married, with three adult sons, Nathan, Jesse and Clayton.
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Nathan Kenneth Fisher is the senior executive vice president of Kenneth Fisher Investments 401 Solutions.