Barry Ritholtz
Barry Ritholtz
Barry Ritholtz is an American author, newspaper columnist, blogger, equities analyst, CIO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, and guest commentator on Bloomberg Television. He is also a former contributor to CNBC and TheStreet.com...
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When you stop and think about it, if the Fed were to pause, what does it actually do for anybody ... in the afflicted Gulf region? At this point they're more concerned with basic food and shelter and not really comparison-shopping for mortgages.
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Keynes vs Hayek? Friedman vs Krugman? Those are the wrong intellectual debates. Its you vs. Tony Hayward, BP CEO, You vs. Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs CEO. And you are losing ...
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Returnless risk is not how you prepare for a decent retirement.
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Unlike cheap stocks, inexpensive asset classes have a lower chance of big drawdowns (broad asset classes don't go to zero) and a higher probability of average or better returns.
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The good news is that economists are intelligent, engaging and often charming folks. The bad news is their work is often of little use to investors.
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One thing I detest most about the financial press is the lack of accountability. All sorts of nonsense is said without penalty.
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This ugly duckling investment will likely need time - quarters, or even years - to blossom into a beautiful swan.
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Never forget this simple truism: Forecasting is marketing, plain and simple.
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If I am going to trash others for their dumb predictions, I must at least hold myself to the same sort of accountability.
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Rather than engage in the sort of selective retention that so many investors tend to do and pretend mistakes never happened, I prefer to own them. This allows me to learn from them and, with any luck, avoid making the same errors again.
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You can blow on the dice all you want, but whether they come up seven is still a function of random luck.
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History is replete with examples of tech firms that were marginalized by new companies and technologies.
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The market is going to love it. The market always seems to applaud major mergers, even though the vast majority of them don't work out and don't increase shareholder value.
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'Excessive regulation in the banking reform bill will destroy a substantial part of our bond-distributing machinery. Can anyone expect that a step of this kind will improve the quality of our long-term investments?'