Accountability Quote by 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 the term…

— 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 is going…

— Barry Ritholtz

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

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

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

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 critical error.

— 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. Ultimately, this…

— 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 it was…

— Barry Ritholtz

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