Russel Kinnel
Russel Kinnel is Director of Manager Research at Morningstar, a leading provider of independent investment research. He is the Editor of Morningstar FundInvestor, a premium monthly newsletter, and writes the Fund Spy column for the research firm. Since joining Morningstar in 1994, Kinnel has analyzed virtually every type of fund and has covered the most prominent fund families, including Fidelity Investments, T. Rowe Price, and Vanguard. He has published a number of prominent studies of the fund industry covering subjects such as manager investment, expenses, and investor returns. He has also led studies on the predictive power of fund data and helped develop the Morningstar Rating for funds and the Morningstar Style Box methodology.
Russel Kinnel Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Director of Manager Research
Academic History
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B.A., Economics
Kinnel heads the North American Medalist Rating Committee, which vets the Morningstar Medalist Rating™ for funds, frequently cited in the financial world.
He oversees Morningstar's Fund Analyst Picks, which represent the Analysts' ideas of top Funds on a category-by-category basis.
He also oversees Morningstar's Fund Analyst Pans, which is a list of funds the analysts recommend investors avoid.
Kinnel helped develop the new Morningstar Rating for funds and the new Morningstar Style Box methodology.
He is also the co-author of the company's first book, "The Morningstar Guide to Mutual Funds: 5-Star Strategies for Success," a national best-seller which was published by John Wiley & Sons in January 2003.