O'Higgins Asset Management

O'Higgins Asset Management

The firm was founded by Michael B. O'Higgins in 1978, the same year he transitioned from roles at Spencer Trask & Company and White, Weld & Company into his own advisory. He had previously studied and worked abroad, including at Procter & Gamble, before entering the investment business in 1971. His 1991 book 'Beating the Dow' introduced the 'Dogs of the Dow' strategy to a mass audience, an approach that selects the highest-yielding stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The book's commercial success gave the advisory a public identity distinct from most peers of its vintage. O'Higgins Asset Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, portfolio management, and financial planning services. The firm advises individuals, high-net-worth individuals, and corporations. Public filings and the firm's website do not disclose current assets under management or a detailed portfolio breakdown. The firm's investment philosophy is rooted in the quantitative, dividend-focused framework O'Higgins codified in his writing — a posture that historically favored large-cap U.S. equities with an emphasis on yield signals as a value indicator. Leadership remains family-driven. Michael O'Higgins holds a Series 65 license. Donna O'Higgins, who holds degrees from the University at Albany and a background in computer systems analysis for the New York State Teachers Retirement System, is listed as a principal. Sean O'Higgins, a CFP and CRPC with 17 years of investment experience, rounds out the named team. No additional offices or related entities are disclosed. The firm's physical presence centers on a Miami Beach office with phone and fax contact, serving a client base that appears concentrated among individuals and small institutions. A structural distinction lies in the firm's origins: it is among the very few U.S. registered investment advisers built directly on a founder's proprietary, publicly documented quantitative framework. Unlike most RIAs that coalesce from wirehouse practices or regional bank trusts, O'Higgins Asset Management's formation story is inseparable from its founder's authorship and the widely adopted 'Dogs of the Dow' strategy. Succession planning and governance beyond the named family principals are not disclosed in public materials, leaving the long-term architecture tied to the founder's intellectual property.