My Bizarre Academic Career
A reader recently asked me what was my undergraduate “Class of”. That turns out to be a surprisingly long story. The short...
An Obama Rally?
My pal and occasional CNBC sparring partner Charlie Gasparino is a great investigative journalist. His book Blood on the Streets is...
NPR: SEC Bans Short-Selling Stocks
> I did a nice interview with NPR on short selling earlier today, which should be live at 3pm. NPR:
Cramer Calls (Yet Another) Bottom in Housing
This week, one of my fellow LIRR commuters handed me a New York Magazine, and asked me my opinion about an article by Jim Cramer...
Analysts’ Profit Forecasts: Worse Than Ever!
> "At the start of the year, profits at banks, brokers and insurance companies were projected to rise 22 percent in 2008,...
Really Bad Call: SubPrime Doesn’t Matter, Buy Bear...
In light of my earlier rant about PHSI, we introduce today a new and continuing series: Really, Really Bad Calls — in research,...
Rules for Real Estate Agents
We sold our house last year — priced it reasonably, and at our first open house (Thanksgiving weekend!), got a reasonable bid. We...
Apprenticed Investor: The Folly of Forecasting
Originally published June 2005> The Folly of Forecasting Barry Ritholtz The Street.com 06/07/05 – 01:05 PM EDT > As a...
The Mystery of the Awful Economists
This was originally published at the The Street.com’s Real Moeny on 3/2/2005 3:42 PM > “We have 2 classes of forecasters:...