All Barry Ritholtz Quotes
- Secular cycles are the long periods - as long as decades - that come to define each market era. These cycles alternate between long-term bull… Alternate
- The electronics industry expanded rapidly and the seeds for the semiconductor and software revolution were planted. The postwar period also saw the suburbanization of America,… America
- Once you research an idea, you begin to develop a perspective. Writing about anything in public, often in real time, has helped fashion my views. Begin
- Anyone can make an article longer; the skill is keeping it tight and lean. Anyone
- A number of bloggers in economics and the financial sector have risen to prominence through the sheer strength of their work. Note it was not… Analysis
- A well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees. Competitive
- Outcome is simply the final score: Who won the game; what numbers came up in a roll of the dice; how high did a stock… Achieve
- Any Wall Street advertising that does not go into the boring details of methodology is most likely to be pushing past performance. Advertising
- Indeed, eventually, random outcomes all revert to the mean, meaning that streaks eventually end. Understanding this is a key part of intelligent and rational investing. All
- I have been a member of the Microsoft-bashing society for quite some time. Bashing
- History is replete with examples of tech firms that were marginalized by new companies and technologies. Companies
- I credit Google for having the foresight to identify threats to its main business of selling advertising against search results. The potential loss of market… Acquisition
- We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution. Conflicts
- Salesmen always need something to sell. Always Need
- Any investment bought via credit always runs the risk of margin calls and, eventually, liquidation. Always Runs
- When you buy anything with lots of leverage, it does not require a whole lot to go wrong to lose it all. All
- Much of the traditional thinking about cash is well intentioned but unrealistic. Should you have six months of living expenses in the bank for emergencies?… Bank
- A hedge fund manager whose clients demand monthly performance reports has different needs than any individual investors with a 20-year time horizon. The needs of… Any
- When markets are rallying, cash in the portfolio is a drag on performance, returning about zero. Cash
- The bottom line is this: Cash, in modest increments, has a role in any portfolio. But unless you are Warren Buffett, you should limit it… Any
- Shopmas now begins on Thanksgiving Day. Apparently, escaping the families you cannot stand to spend another minute with on Thanksgiving Day to go buy them… Affection
- If you have read me for any length of time, you know I am less than enthralled with much of what passes for financial news. Any
- One thing I detest most about the financial press is the lack of accountability. All sorts of nonsense is said without penalty. Accountability
- If I am going to trash others for their dumb predictions, I must at least hold myself to the same sort of accountability. Accountability
- Truth be told, most financial television bores me. Two or more people discussing the latest economic trends or hot stocks is not especially entertaining. Bores