We must recognize our own behavioral errors. To be blunt, you are not likely to become a cognitive Zen master anytime soon.… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
As investors, we want to believe we are smart, insightful and uniquely talented - even though we often fail to do the… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
Owning a variety of asset classes means that some part of your portfolio will be doing well when the cyclical turmoil arises.… — 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
'Excessive regulation in the banking reform bill will destroy a substantial part of our bond-distributing machinery. Can anyone expect that a step… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
Unlike cheap stocks, inexpensive asset classes have a lower chance of big drawdowns (broad asset classes don't go to zero) and a… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
Commissions add up, taxes are a big drag, margin ain't cheap. A good accountant costs money as well. The math on this… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
Here is a dirty little secret: Stock-picking is wildly overrated. Sure, it makes for great cocktail party chatter, and what is more… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
If your investing approach requires that you become Nostradamus to succeed, then you are destined to fail. — 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
Indeed, eventually, random outcomes all revert to the mean, meaning that streaks eventually end. Understanding this is a key part of intelligent… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
Truth be told, most financial television bores me. Two or more people discussing the latest economic trends or hot stocks is not… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
You, your employer and your plan's investment managers fail to follow even the most basic rules of investing. You overtrade, chase performance,… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
To know whether stocks are cheap or pricey, we typically look at price-to-earnings ratio. Valuation is a tougher question than many folks… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
Whenever you try to pick market tops and bottoms, you are making a prediction. Guessing what stock is going to outperform the… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
Many hedge fund managers have become billionaires; perhaps this - plus their reputations as the smartest guys in the room - is… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
Getting more and more of our news from the social network is having significant repercussions for markets - and your money. — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
You have a natural tendency to want an emotionally satisfying tale - and to make investments based on that - despite times… — 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
You want less of the annoying nonsense that interferes with your portfolios and more of the significant data that allow you to… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
Often, investors will discover a manager after he's had a terrific run, usually when he lands on a magazine cover somewhere. Invariably,… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Markets are frequently ahead of, and often out of sync with, the economy. — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
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 Image
This ugly duckling investment will likely need time - quarters, or even years - to blossom into a beautiful swan. — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
