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Damon Vickers (June 19, 1964-) is an American financial analyst, businessman and media personality. He grew up in Kew Gardens Queens, New Haven Connecticut, and spent several of his childhood years living in the Buddhist monastery Odiyan in Sonoma County, California.

Vickers went to work as a Wall Street stock broker in the 1980s, and in the 1990s became the chief strategist of Equigrowth Advisers. In 1999, he moved to his own firm, Vickersnet.com, providing stock market advice. He then established another firm, Vickers & Company, which provided research on the wireless industry. In 2000, shortly before the end of the Dot-com bubble, Vickers began short-selling blue chips stocks and "made a killing as the market slid."

In 2001, Vickers started a nationally syndicated radio show, The Damon Vickers Show, which aired five days a week from Seattle, offering predictions and advice on the stock market. Gene D'Alessandro, of the Philadelphia Inquirer said of the show, "Love him or hate him, [Vickers] is always ready to push your buttons." The show ran until 2004. Over the course of the show, Vickers interviewed guests including Steve Forbes, John Bollinger, Arthur Levitt, and Chris Matthews.

After ending his radio career, Vickers started his own hedge fund, Nine Points Capital Partners. Vickers is now a frequent guest on the Fox Business Network, where he offers opinions on business and financial matters.