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20 Mar

What is a Bailout?

by Barry Ritholtz
  Silicon Valley Bank depositors made whole; Credit Suisse counter-parties saved; First Republic bondholders protected — are...

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13 Mar

All the Things We Do Not Know About SVB

by Barry Ritholtz
  The news broke Sunday afternoon that depositors would be made whole and would have full access to their accounts and money today;...

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29 Jul

How Everybody Miscalculated Housing Demand

by Barry Ritholtz
    To hear an audio spoken word version of this post, click here.     Why are there too few houses in general, and...

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18 Jan

To Find the Cause of the Crisis, Answer These Questions!

by Barry Ritholtz
Bad Explanations for the Financial Crisis Won’t Die Sorry, but the simple explanations don’t hold up. The causes were many,...

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28 Oct

Bailout Nation Chapter Summary

by Barry Ritholtz
In my recent conversation with Scaramucci, he said some lovely things about Bailout Nation. Afterwards, I went back to look over some...

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15 Sep

Can Senator Warren Jumpstart Financial Crisis Prosecutions?

by Barry Ritholtz
Today is the eighth anniversary of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy. Not enough time has passed yet for me to recall those anxious days...

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27 Jul

Could the Fed Have Saved Lehman?

by Barry Ritholtz
Let’s Put the Lehman Bailout Debate to Rest Rescuing the securities firm wouldn’t have mattered. The financial crisis was...

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16 Feb

Lessons from the Crisis: Ending Too Big to Fail

by Guest Author
Lessons from the Crisis: Ending Too Big to Fail Neel Kashkari | President Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. February 16, 2016...

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6 Jan

The 'Big Short' Movie Gets It Right

by Barry Ritholtz
One of the most widely anticipated films of the holiday season was released to big audiences and wide acclaim. It tells the tale of an...

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6 Jan

The ‘Big Short’ Movie Gets It Right

by Barry Ritholtz
The ‘Big Short’ Gets It Right Explanations driven by ideology don’t hold up. Bloomberg, January 6, 2016    ...

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      Barry L. Ritholtz is co-founder, chairman, and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management LLC. Launched in...

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