Barry Ritholtz, Author at The Big Picture

Barron’s Michael Kahn looks at 2 periods of Dow Charts, and finds them surprisingly similar: 1998-99 2006-07 Kahn notes that...

We sold our house last year — priced it reasonably, and at our first open house (Thanksgiving weekend!), got a reasonable bid. We...

I was out of the office all day yesterday (more on this later) so I missed all of the fireworks. This is the 40,000 foot view, once...

There was a fascinating story in Friday’s WSJ about Apple’s new role as taste maker in music. There has clearly been a shift...

I started in this business as a trader, and I am all too familiar with the curse of the "Fat Thumb." That’s what we...

Terribly amusing:

Before heading off to bed, I decided to take a quick look at what was going on in Asia: Ouch! Note the red line at top —...

Since everyone wants to blame today’s whackage on the sub-prime debacle, lets look a little closer at CDOs. Today’s WSJ and...

>Been crazy busy today, but for those of you who may have missed it, go take another read of Real Estate and the Post-Crash Economy ....

We’ve looked at the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) repeatedly over the years. Our conclusion has been that eventually, markets...