Founded in 1994, but with roots going back to the late 1970s and early 1980s, we have been an established presence in independent research and investment management for over 25 years.
1978-1994
Murray Stahl serves as a Senior Portfolio Manager, Research Analyst and Investment Officer at Bankers Trust Company
1978-1994
Steven Bregman and Peter Doyle serve alongside Murray Stahl as Senior Portfolio Managers, Research Analysts and Investment Officers at Bankers Trust Company
1994
Murray Stahl, Steven Bregman, Peter Doyle, Tom Ewing and John Meditz co-found Registered Investment Adviser Horizon Asset Management
1995
The Contrarian Research Report is launched
1996
Registered Investment Adviser Kinetics Asset Management is co-founded by Peter Doyle, Lawrence Doyle and Leonid Polyakov to manage Kinetics Mutual Funds
1996
The Spin-Off Report, Internet Fund, Core Value and Large Cap strategies are launched
1997
The Spin-Off separate account strategy is launched
1998
The Research Select and Small Cap separate account strategies are launched
1999
The Paradigm Fund, Global Fund and Medical Fund are launched
2000
Registered Investment Adviser Kinetics Advisers is co-founded by Peter Doyle, Lawrence Doyle and Leonid Polyakov
The Devil’s Advocate Report and Fixed Income Contrarian Research Report are launched
2000
The Strategic Value separate account strategy is launched
The Small Cap Fund is launched
2004
The Stahl Report is launched
2006
The Market Opportunities Fund is launched
2007
The Alternative Income Fund and The Spin-Off & Corporate Restructuring Fund are launched
2008
The European Contrarian Research Report and Asia Opportunities separate account strategy is launched
The Multi-Disciplinary Income Fund is launched
2010
The European Spin-off and Restructuring Report (formerly known as The Global Spin-Off Report) is launched
2011
Horizon Kinetics is formed as consolidated parent company. Assets continued to be managed through subsidiary registered investment advisers
2015
Horizon Kinetics begins formal research on cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology
2017
Horizon Kinetics begins mining cryptocurrency and launches operating company dedicated to cryptocurrency mining
2017
Horizon Kinetics becomes the investment manager of closed end fund RENN Fund Inc. (RCG)
The Fixed Income Contrarian Compendium is renamed as The Fixed Income & Cryptocurrency Compendium
2018
Launch of second operating company dedicated to cryptocurrency mining
2019
Three subsidiary registered investment advisers are combined into one: Horizon Kinetics Asset Management
2021
Launch of our first active exchange traded fund, Inflation Beneficiaries ETF (INFL)
Launch of Consensus Mining and Seigniorage Corporation (CMSC) from additional capital raise and merger of our cryptocurrency mining operations
2022
Launch of the Horizon Kinetics Blockchain Development ETF (BCDF)
Launch of the Diamond Standard Fund, a private fund co-sponsored by DSAM LLC and Horizon Diamond Advisers, LLC, a subsidiary of Horizon Kinetics LLC.