Barry Ritholtz

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

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

The good news is that economists are intelligent, engaging and often charming folks. The bad news is their work is often of…

— Barry Ritholtz

The electronics industry expanded rapidly and the seeds for the semiconductor and software revolution were planted. The postwar period also saw the…

— Barry Ritholtz

Footage of people camped out at Best Buy or elsewhere is not remotely a celebration. Rather, it's a reminder of just how…

— Barry Ritholtz

Markets are frequently ahead of, and often out of sync with, the economy.

— Barry Ritholtz

Narrative drives most of economics. Everything seems to be part of a story, and how that story is told often leads to…

— Barry Ritholtz

This ugly duckling investment will likely need time - quarters, or even years - to blossom into a beautiful swan.

— Barry Ritholtz

Yearly data put the rest of the noise into perspective. Most of the weekly or monthly random up-and-down movements get smoothed out.…

— Barry Ritholtz

'Returnless risk' is not how you prepare for a decent retirement.

— Barry Ritholtz

A number of bloggers in economics and the financial sector have risen to prominence through the sheer strength of their work. Note…

— Barry Ritholtz

TV producers want ratings and are willing to do nearly anything to get them. They gin up artificial conflicts and create an…

— Barry Ritholtz

Asset managers have different approaches, and I don't wish to suggest there is only one way to run money. There are many…

— Barry Ritholtz

There is a shortage of doctors, and the American Medical Association is aiming to keep it that way.

— Barry Ritholtz

We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.

— Barry Ritholtz

Mutual fund managers want your money in their funds. They get paid based on assets under management.

— Barry Ritholtz

What you pay for an investment is the single biggest determinant for how successful that investment will be. When equity prices are…

— Barry Ritholtz

Any investment bought via credit always runs the risk of margin calls and, eventually, liquidation.

— Barry Ritholtz

Active management leads to lots of poor investor behavior. It sends people chasing after whoever has the hot hand at the moment.

— Barry Ritholtz

Anyone can make an article longer; the skill is keeping it tight and lean.

— Barry Ritholtz

The market is going to love it. The market always seems to applaud major mergers, even though the vast majority of them…

— Barry Ritholtz

Shopmas now begins on Thanksgiving Day. Apparently, escaping the families you cannot stand to spend another minute with on Thanksgiving Day to…

— Barry Ritholtz

If you have read me for any length of time, you know I am less than enthralled with much of what passes…

— Barry Ritholtz

Salesmen always need something to sell.

— Barry Ritholtz

How are the cabs in your city? In Manhattan, where I work, they are rather awful.

— Barry Ritholtz