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25 Dec

Stuff Doesn’t Make You Happy . . .

by Barry Ritholtz
While everyone is busy unwrapping all of their holiday gifts, here’s something to mull over: Stuff doesn’t make you happy....

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22 Dec

1994 Parallel?

by Barry Ritholtz
The delightfully impish Doug Kass ("The Anti-Cramer") looks at the parallels between the 1994 tightening period and the...

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21 Dec

New Column up at Real Money: Rethinking the ‘Strong Jobs...

by Barry Ritholtz
An expanded version of an earlier commentary is up on both The Street.com (no subscription req’d) and Real Money, titled Rethinking...

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20 Dec

If a Bear Watches CNBC in the Woods . . .

by Barry Ritholtz
I send a friend an email about Threadless, one of my favorite t-shirt design shops.  He emails back: "No wonder you like it...

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19 Dec

Be Careful with the Contrary Indicators

by Barry Ritholtz
We’ve been hearing an awful lot of chatter about Bullish and Bearish sentiment lately. It’s a subject near and dear to our hearts,...

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19 Dec

Chart of the Week: How Bullish Are Wall Street Strategists?

by Barry Ritholtz
Business Week’s 2006-year end predictions are out, and they cover 75 or so Wall Street Strategists and Analysts. Over all, they seem to...

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19 Dec

Careful with Contrary Indicators

by Barry Ritholtz
You want to be exceedingly careful with Contrary Indicators; Beware of anecdotal evidence, of the "this guy said that, and AJC said...

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19 Dec

The Long Tail of Language

by Barry Ritholtz
As someone who does a lot of writing, I occasionally think about words — their derivations and usages. What’s I’ve been...

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7 Dec

Goldilocks Economy? Hardly.

by Barry Ritholtz
Here’s a question I have been pondering for quite some time now: How strong is the economy really? The debate on this subject...

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5 Dec

Headlines versus Underlying Data, part II: Rare Rational...

by Barry Ritholtz
I am somewhat fascinated by the current debate between those who consider themselves "Realists" (including me) and the people...

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  • About Barry Ritholtz

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

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