Barry Ritholtz, Author at The Big Picture

With all the mayhem of the past few weeks, several Fed speeches got overlooked. The one I found most intriguing was not from Big Al;...

After making an intermediate high on January 26th, the markets’ corrective process has now been underway for more than six weeks....

The Presidential election cycle tends to see markets bottom in the 2nd year of a Presidency, and peak in the 4th. It held true in 2002,...

Wow, not too shabby. The sister blog, “essays and effluvia,” is ~72,000. I hope to keep the commentary thoughtful, off the...

As we have previously been discussing, job losses and the economy are going to be the single most important factor in the upcoming...

Wharton catches up: “The U.S. economy may be undergoing some sort of deeper change – the tectonic plates of the economy may be...

Yesterday’s appearance did not produce a funny story. Today, however, was much more amusing. (Please excuse the shameless name...

In our prior discussion of Family Net Wealth being at an all time high, we challenged the significance of that assertion within the...

Our previous electoral discussion was based on Zogby polling data, with a minimum of political analysis. Let’s look at similar...

Before I get into the details (ala Mankiw) a quick word about tonite’s appearence: This was my first “remote site”...