About Ken Fisher

15 january 2013

 

Ken Fisher has been writing the Portfolio Strategy column for Forbes for over 28 years. He is the fourth-longest running columnist in Forbes‘ history. Ken Fisher is also founder, chairman and CEO of Fisher Investments, an independent money management firm, which manages tens of billions of dollars and serves tens of thousands of high-net-worth individuals, foundations, endowments, and large pension plans.

Ken Fisher started writing his monthly column in 1984, the same year he gained international attention for his bestselling book Super Stocks, which popularized the price-to-sales ratio. In the over 28 years he has been writing for Forbes, Ken Fisher has proven to be an astute and capable market forecaster. CXO Advisory Group, an independent third-party research firm, ranks Ken Fisher in its “Guru Grades” round-up as one of the most accurate stock market forecasters over recent years.*

His writing for Forbes was commemorated in a book published by Wiley in 2010, The Making of a Market Guru: Forbes Presents 25 Years of Ken Fisher, by Aaron Anderson. At the same time, Ken Fisher was honored by Investment Advisor magazine as one of the industry’s 30 most influential individuals over the last 30 years.**

Ken Fisher has continued to capture the attention of the investment community through his writings on behavioral finance, his ongoing commitment to innovations in research and investment management, and his many books, including five best sellers: The Only Three Questions that Count (2006), The Ten Roads to Riches (2008), and How to Smell a Rat (2009), Debunkery (2010), and Markets Never Forget–But People Do (2011), all published by John Wiley & Sons.

Fisher Investments Press was formed as a new publishing imprint in 2008; a collaboration between Ken Fisher’s firm, Fisher Investments, and John Wiley & Sons publishers. This publishing imprint was created to bring a new breed of investment books to the general public. Under the direction of Ken Fisher and backed by Fisher Investments’ large research staff and over two decades of money management experience, Fisher Investments Press will continue to offer a diverse set of resources for anybody looking to improve investment performance, from novices to professionals.

Ken Fisher resides in Woodside, Calif., with his wife Sherrilyn. Fisher Investments is headquartered in Woodside, Calif., with offices in San Mateo, Calif., and Camas, Wash. Fisher Investments’ wholly owned subsidiary in the U.K., Fisher Investments UK, has offices in England, and Fisher Investments joint venture-affiliate, Gruener Fisher Investments GmbH, is based in Germany. Ken Fisher is currently ranked No. 263 on the 2012 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans.