Any investment bought via credit always runs the risk of margin calls and, eventually, liquidation. — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
If you think too-big-to-fail banks are not worthy of investment because of their impossible-to-read balance sheets, well then, don't buy them. — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
What you pay for an investment is the single biggest determinant for how successful that investment will be. When equity prices are… — 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
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
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
Hedge funds are not especially liquid. Many are 'gated' - meaning there are only small windows when you can withdraw your money.… — 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
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
