Any investment bought via credit always runs the risk of margin calls and, eventually, liquidation. — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
If you have read me for any length of time, you know I am less than enthralled with much of what passes… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
Any Wall Street advertising that does not go into the boring details of methodology is most likely to be pushing past performance. — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
The bottom line is this: Cash, in modest increments, has a role in any portfolio. But unless you are Warren Buffett, you… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
Whenever you hear a discussion about the short-term swings in any given stock's price, your immediate thought should be whether it matters… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
Any time you speak to people about their posture, you learn about their most recent investment activity. When someone just bought stocks,… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
It is important for investors to understand what they do and don't know. Learn to recognize that you cannot possibly know what… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
Amongst the financial Twitterati, the term 'muppets' has come to describe any client used and abused by some financial predator. I've adopted… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
A hedge fund manager whose clients demand monthly performance reports has different needs than any individual investors with a 20-year time horizon.… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
Rather than engage in the sort of selective retention that so many investors tend to do and pretend mistakes never happened, I… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
With Twitter, you can build your own virtual trading floor and research department, populated by the smartest people on earth. Almost any… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
If you are not making any mistakes, you are being excessively risk-averse. Investing involves risk, and that means you will occasionally be… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
Amongst the financial Twitterati, the term 'muppets' has come to describe any client used and abused by some financial predator. I've adopted the term… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share
It is important for investors to understand what they do and don't know. Learn to recognize that you cannot possibly know what is going… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share
The good news is that economists are intelligent, engaging and often charming folks. The bad news is their work is often of little use… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share
The electronics industry expanded rapidly and the seeds for the semiconductor and software revolution were planted. The postwar period also saw the suburbanization of… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share
Footage of people camped out at Best Buy or elsewhere is not remotely a celebration. Rather, it's a reminder of just how economically distressed… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share
Markets are frequently ahead of, and often out of sync with, the economy. — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share
Narrative drives most of economics. Everything seems to be part of a story, and how that story is told often leads to critical error. — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share
This ugly duckling investment will likely need time - quarters, or even years - to blossom into a beautiful swan. — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share
Yearly data put the rest of the noise into perspective. Most of the weekly or monthly random up-and-down movements get smoothed out. Ultimately, this… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share
A number of bloggers in economics and the financial sector have risen to prominence through the sheer strength of their work. Note it was… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share
TV producers want ratings and are willing to do nearly anything to get them. They gin up artificial conflicts and create an urgency for… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share
Asset managers have different approaches, and I don't wish to suggest there is only one way to run money. There are many ways one… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share
There is a shortage of doctors, and the American Medical Association is aiming to keep it that way. — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share
We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution. — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share
