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3 Oct

New Home Starts? Don’t Make Me Laugh!

by Barry Ritholtz
I continue to be astonished by the econopundit’s lack of solid connection with reality. It’s as if Faith-based initiatives...

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2 Oct

Ted Rall is channelling my wealth discussions!

by Barry Ritholtz
How’s this for amusing:  Last week, we discussed the nature of What is Wealth?; It was a follow up to our 2004 chat on the...

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28 Sep

Soft Landing Continues to Fade

by Barry Ritholtz
>The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.–John Maynard Keynes (1883 – 1946) > Yesterday, I...

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26 Sep

Real Estate Sales Slump Generating Ugly Press

by Barry Ritholtz
Yesterday’s Housing data is producing some pretty ugly headlines today; If the market chose to ignore the data, let me remind you...

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22 Sep

Internal Strength of Market

by Barry Ritholtz
The rally since the summer lows has been driven by several factors:  1) Fast money rotation away from energy and materials, and into...

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21 Sep

Breadth and Volume, improving but . . .

by Barry Ritholtz
We saw a nice increase in both breadth and volume yesterday. NYSE volume was 1.6B, and the only hair on the day was Nasdaq volume. Oracle...

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21 Sep

What is Wealth, part II

by Barry Ritholtz
Yesterday’s NYT had an article about wealth that fell into several of the usual traps of this discussion. To his credit, David...

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19 Sep

The Illusory World of Economic Forecasting

by Barry Ritholtz
Paul Farrell (who’s been on an angry tear lately) states what we have all known for quite sometime: Economists make awful...

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16 Sep

What’s Really Propping Up The Economy?

by Barry Ritholtz
BusinessWeek asks the million dollar question:  "What’s Really Propping Up The Economy?"   Their answer —...

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15 Sep

Housing by the Numbers

by Barry Ritholtz
A brutal piece in Comstock Funds is highlighted in Marketbeat today. The Comstock boys ask "Is the Housing Hard Landing Already...

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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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