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Kenneth M . Washer, DBA, CFA, CFPA

Program Director, Masters in Financial Planning and Financial Psychology

Professor

Kenneth M. Washer, CFA, CFP®, DBA

Contact

Heider College of Business
Economics & Finance - Business
Graduate School
Personal Financial Planning (Graduate Certificate)
Finance (Master's)
Investment Management and Financial Analysis (Master's)
Business Administration MBA (Master's)
HARP - Harper Center for Student Life & Learn

Kenneth M . Washer, DBA, CFA, CFPA

Program Director, Masters in Financial Planning and Financial Psychology

Professor

Dr. Washer is the Director of Financial Planning and teaches courses in financial planning and quantitative analysis. He has been at Creighton since 2008 and lives in Omaha with his family.

Department

Economics and Finance

Position

Professor

Books

  • Stathis R., Gotsch P., Washer Kenneth M., Vonnahme P., Blanch G., Total Hip and Knee Replacements: Quality, Cost, and Access: What the Research Reveals—2010 2010
  • Business English
    Washer Kenneth M., Financial management [Book Chapter] 2010
  • , A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Determinants of Corporate Share Repurchases 1998

Articles

  • Creighton Magazine
    Washer Kenneth M., Earning, Saving and Giving: Have We Lost our Way, p. 22 - 25 2009

Publications

  • Journal of financial service professionals
    Washer Kenneth, Darnold Todd, Buffer Funds to the Rescue?
    79:2, p. 9 2025
  • Journal of financial service professionals
    Washer Kenneth, Woodley Melissa, Eight Things to Know about Municipal Bonds
    78:4, p. 12 2024
  • Journal of financial service professionals
    Washer Kenneth, Darnold Todd, Asset Location
    78:2, p. 14 2024
  • Journal of financial service professionals
    Washer Kenneth, Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities Are Becoming More Attractive
    77:6, p. 15 2023
  • Journal of financial service professionals
    Washer Kenneth, Inflation Bonds Go Mainstream
    77:4, p. 16 2023
  • Journal of financial service professionals
    Washer Kenneth, The Temptation of Unsystematic Risk
    77:2, p. 15 2023
  • Journal of financial service professionals
    Washer Kenneth, Gold Bullion versus Gold Miners: Does Volatility Make a Difference?
    76:3, p. 54 2022
  • Journal of Wealth Management
    Dunham Lee M., Washer Kenneth M., Using life tables for retirement planning
    23:3, p. 28 - 36 2020
  • Journal of financial service professionals
    Washer Kenneth, Does It Matter How One Gets Gold Exposure? For Sure
    74:3, p. 76 2020
  • Journal of financial service professionals
    Washer Kenneth, Johnson Robert, Jensen Gerald, Insights from the American Association of Individual Investors Asset Allocation Survey
    72:5, p. 67 2018
  • Financial Analysts Journal
    Jensen Gerald R., Johnson Robert R., Washer Kenneth M., All that’s gold does not glitter
    74:1, p. 59 - 76 2018
  • Financial Analysts Journal
    Jensen Gerald R., Johnson Robert R., Washer Kenneth M., Optimizing exposure to precious metals through a fund
    74:1, p. 38 - 40 2018
  • Journal of Business Ethics
    Dunham Lee M., Jorgensen Randy D., Washer Kenneth M., Securities Lending Activities in Mutual Funds and ETFs: Ethical Considerations
    139:1, p. 21 - 28 2016
  • Managerial Finance
    Washer Kenneth M, Nippani Srinivas, Johnson Robert R, Santa Claus Rally and Firm Size
    42:8, p. 817 - 829 2016
  • Journal of Wealth Management
    Washer Kenneth M., JOHNSON ROBERT R., Jorgensen Randy D., The Increasing Volatility of the Stock Market?
    19:1, p. 71 - 82 2016
  • International research journal of applied finance
    Murthy V, Washer K, Wingender J, Are Stock Prices in the U.S. both Nonlinear and Nonstationary? Evidence from Threshold Autoregressive Model Tests
    6:11, p. 688 - 695 2015
  • International Journal of Financial Research
    Nippani Srinivas, Washer Kenneth M., Murthy N.R. Vasudeva, Size and Day-of-the-Week Effect in the Banking Industry: A Comparative Analysis based on Economic Conditions
    4:3, p. 1 - 9 2013
  • Journal of Financial Planning
    Washer Kenneth M., Johnson Robert R., An Intuitive Examination of Downside Risk
    Volume 26:6, p. 56 - 60 2013
  • C.F.A. Digest
    Dunham Lee M., Washer Kenneth M., Wildy Martin A., The Ethics of Hedging by Executives [Review]
    43:1, p. 12 - 14 2013
  • Journal of Business Ethics
    Dunham Lee M., Washer Ken, The Ethics of Hedging by Executives
    111:2, p. 157 - 164 2012
  • Journal of Finance and Investment Analysis
    Washer Kenneth M., Dunham Lee M., Inflation Risk and Asset Class Performance
    1:3, p. 61 - 72 2012
  • Managerial Finance
    Washer Kenneth M., Nippani Srinivas, Wingender John R., Day-of-the-week effect in the Canadian money market
    37:9, p. 855 - 866 2011
  • International Research Journal of Finance and Economics
    Murthy Vasudeva N.R., Washer Kenneth, Wingender John, Do U.S. stock prices exhibit mean reversion? Evidence from recent nonlinear unit root tests
    68, p. 46 - 49 2011
  • Journal of business & economics research (Littleton, Colo.)
    Noland Thomas G., Washer Kenneth M., An Analysis Of SAS No. 99 And Its Impact On The Big Fraud In Kentucky
    3:2 2011
  • Journal of applied business research
    Washer Kenneth M., Casey K. Michael, A Note On The Determinants Of Equity Payouts
    20:2 2011
  • Applied Financial Economics
    Murthy Vasudeva N. R., Washer Kenneth M., Wingender John R., Jr., Are stock prices in the US nonstationary? Evidence from contemporary unit root tests
    21:22, p. 1703 - 1709 2011
  • Journal of financial service professionals
    Washer Kenneth, Partial Roth Conversions in Early Retirement: An Effective Strategy for Extending Portfolio Longevity
    65:1, p. 80 2011
  • Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal
    Washer Kenneth, Jorgensen Randy, Exchange traded notes and the lehman bankruptcy
    15:SUPPL.1, p. 47 - 58 2011
  • Applied Financial Economics
    Ogunc Asli K., Nippani Srinivas, Washer Kenneth M., Seasonality tests on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges
    19:9, p. 681 - 692 2009
  • The CPA journal (1975)
    Dickins Denise, Noland Thomas, Washer Kenneth, Primer on Partnership-Compensation Models
    75:8, p. 62 2005
  • Journal of Banking and Finance
    Nam Kiseok, Washer Kenneth M., Chu Quentin C., Asymmetric return dynamics and technical trading strategies
    29:2, p. 391 - 418 2005
  • Washer Kenneth M, Kendall Robert A, A quantitative analysis of beginning social security benefits early
    31:1, p. 194 - 201 2005
  • American Journal of Business
    Washer Kenneth M, Nippanni Srinivas, IBBEA Implementation and the Relative Profitablility of Small Banks
    20:2, p. 21 - 24 2005
  • Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning
    Washer Kenneth M., Nippani Srinivas, Human capital and the balance sheet
    15:1, p. 13 - 20 2004
  • Oil, gas & energy quarterly
    Washer Kenneth, Noland Thomas, Actual share repurchases and capital gains in the oil and gas industry
    51:1, p. 93 2002

Presentations

  • Nippani, S., Washer, K., A Note on the Impact of the eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Eruption on Airline Stocks: Southwestern Finance Association meeting in Houston, TX 2011
  • Washer, K., Johnson, R., Exchange Traded Notes and the Lehman Bankruptcy; Allied Academies annual meeting in New Orleans, LA 2010
  • Washer, K., Nippani, S., Wingender, J., Day-of-the-Week Effect in the Canadian Money Market: Southwestern Finance Association meeting in Dallas, TX 2010

Awards

  • Best Paper by ASBBS 10th Annual Meeting, Finance VI Track
    "SARS: A Non-Event for Affected Countries' Stock Markets?" Co-authored with Srinivas Nippani
  • Creighton Graduate Business Faculty Member of the Year
  • Cahill Award for Excellence
    Presented by Dean Anthony Hendrickson