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30 Jan

Who Pays a 45% Estate Tax? Idiots Do.

by Barry Ritholtz
Only the Foolish Pay the 45% Estate Tax Nobody pays the 45 percent estate tax unless they want to or they’re not too bright....

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24 Dec

10 Terms Investment Pros Use to Raise Money

by Downtown Josh Brown
You are easily dazzled by words that sound more sophisticated than they really are. You are totally aware of this – and yet you remain...

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14 Dec

A Modest Proposal

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus Now for something completely different. That we have become a numbers (and statistics) obsessed society is beyond debate....

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10 Dec

Comparing Private Job Creation Now & Then . . .

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus here: David Rosenberg made a point in his note Monday that I don’t think went quite far enough, or at least needs a...

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7 Dec

Terry Jeffrey, Hack Extraordinaire (Fun with Numbers Again)

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus here. In yet another stunning display of journalistic malpractice, Terry Jeffrey put out the following piece after last...

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6 Dec

Confessions of an Institutional Investor

by Downtown Josh Brown
Josh here – the other day I did a post about the amazing complexity and obsession with tail risk that’s caused so many...

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23 Nov

Lefsetz: 36 Things We’ve Learned

by Bob Lefsetz
1. Nobody wants old people’s albums. Despite a plethora of press, Elton and McCartney’s and Elvis Costello’s album with...

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15 Nov

2010 Reminder: QE = Currency Debasement and Inflation

by Barry Ritholtz
One of my biggest complaints about the media is the lack of accountability. People say things on TV in print an on radio, and then . ....

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13 Nov

America’s Corporate Welfare Queens

by Barry Ritholtz
How McDonald’s and Wal-Mart Became Welfare Queens According to one study, American fast food workers receive more than $7 billion...

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10 Nov

About Our “Spending Problem” (Revisited)

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus here It’s a well established fact that the Obama administration has been spending like a drunken sailor since the day...

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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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