Michael K. Farr

Michael K. Farr is an American author, CNBC contributor, and president of the DC investment advisory firm, Farr, Miller, & Washington. He has written three books, A Million Is Not Enough: How to Retire With the Money You'll Need, The Arrogance Cycle, and Restoring Our American Dream, which came out in 2013.[1] Farr received a Next Generation Indie Books Finalist Award for Restoring Our American: The Best Investment in the category of Current Events/Social Change.[2]

Michael K. Farr
Born
Michael Keough Farr

(1961-04-24) April 24, 1961
Chevy Chase, Maryland, U.S.
EducationUniversity of The South (BA)
OccupationInvestment Company Executive
Years activeMay 1996 to present
Spouse(s)Laurie Fishburn
WebsiteOfficial website

Business career

Michael K. Farr is President and majority owner of Farr, Miller & Washington, LLC.[3] He is Chairman of the Investment Committee and is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day activities of the firm. Prior to starting the firm, he was a Principal with Alex. Brown & Sons.[4] Farr is also a member of the Economic Club of Washington,[5] the Young President's Organization, and the Washington Association of Money Managers.[6] He is also the Chairman of the Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation.[7]

Influence in financial media

Farr is a paid contributor on CNBC television [8] as well as a recurring commentator for The Today Show, Good Morning America, NBC’s Nightly News, CNN, Bloomberg, Reuters, and the Nightly Business Report on PBS.[9]

He is often heard on Associated Press Radio, CBS Radio and National Public Radio and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal,[10] Forbes,[11] Fortune,[12] The Washington Post,[13] Businessweek, USA Today,[14] and many other publications. His market blogs can be found on CNBC.com,[15] HuffingtonPost.com [16] and Politico.com.[17]

The forward of The Arrogance Cycle was written by P. J. O'Rourke, the American political satirist, journalist, writer, and author.

Publications
TitleTypePublisherPublication Date
[A Million Is Not Enough: How to Retire With the Money You'll Neednon-fictionHeadline BooksMarch 5, 2008
The Arrogance Cyclenon-fictionLyons PressSeptember 1, 2011
Restoring Our American Dream: The Best Investmentnon-fictionSpringboard PressMarch 2013

References
  1. Amazon Author Profiles: Michael K Farr, https://www.amazon.com/Restoring-American-Dream-Michael-Farr/dp/0938467662/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1365087250&sr=8-2&keywords=Michael+K.+Farr
  2. Headline Books, http://publisherpage.com/index.php/7/59
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2014-05-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. https://www.cnbc.com/id/24773872
  5. MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY: http://www.economicclub.org/images/userfiles/files/ECW%20Directory%20name_title_company%202_7_14(1).pdf
  6. Amazon Author Profiles: Michael K Farr, CNBC, https://www.amazon.com/Michael-K.-Farr/e/B001H6UG50
  7. Sibley Hospital, http://www.sibleyfoundation.org/letter_chairman.html
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-08-23. Retrieved 2013-03-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. CNBC Profiles: Michael K Farr, CNBC, https://www.cnbc.com/id/24773872/Michael_Farr
  10. U.S. Stocks Decline, Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304679404579459013297350286
  11. Financials, retailers lead rally, Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/1999/03/05/mu2.html
  12. Will the Fed shrug off Katrina, Fortune: http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/20/news/economy/fed_preview/index.htm
  13. B.F. Saul III resigns as president of Saul Centers to start own venture, Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-business/post/bf-saul-iii-resigns-as-president-of-saul-centers-to-start-own-venture/2012/09/07/a4d04418-f91f-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_blog.html
  14. Nasdaq takes a dive as momentum stocks cool, USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2014/04/04/nasdaq-swoons/7310829/
  15. CNBC Profiles, CNBC.com: https://www.cnbc.com/id/24773872
  16. Michael Farr, The Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-farr/
  17. Occupy Wall Street: The outcry against arrogance, Politico: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/66372_Page2.html
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