Episode 15: Investment Management with Billionaire Investor Ken Fisher
On today's episode, we have self-made billionaire Ken Fisher, an esteemed author, CEO, and financial columnist. With Mr. Fisher, we discuss current economic and market conditions, money management, the true meaning behind diversification in a portfolio, key metrics when deciding when to buy a stock, Biden’s new infrastructure plan, how his Father Phillip Fisher (famed growth investing pioneer) shaped him into the person he is today, and Mr. Fisher's experience as an author and businessman.
Most notably, Ken Fisher was the CEO and founder of Fisher Investments, an investment and financial advisor for people across the globe; he is now currently executive chairman of the firm. As of today, the firm manages close to $200 billion in assets and is the largest regulated investment advisor firm. Mr. Fisher is also on the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans and as of 2021 is worth $4.3 billion. In 2010, he was named to Investment Advisor magazine's "30 for 30" list of the 30 most influential people in the investment advisorybusiness over the last 30 years.
He authored the "Portfolio Strategy" column in Forbes magazine. Fisher helped readers with financial and investment decisions through writing as well as through his business. "Portfolio Strategy" is the longest continuously running columnist in Forbes magazine's history, running for thirty-two and a half years. Fisher has also been featured in a number of other magazines across the globe as a columnist, featuring in prominent magazines such as Taiwan's Business Weekly, Chosun Mint in South Korea, elEconomista in Spain, De Telegraaf in the Netherlands, and Handelszeitung in Switzerland.
Further than finance and investing, Mr. Fisher has been devoted to research as a pioneer of many research studies. Most recently in "Cognitive Basics in Market Forecasts" Mr. Fisher studies behavioral finance alongside Dr. Meir Statman of Santa Clara University. Mr. Fisher is the innovator of investment theory, the idea of a price being determined by solely supply and demand.
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