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20 Apr

Hedge Fund Compensation

by Barry Ritholtz
Earlier this week, I asked, “What’s Wrong With Billionaire Fund Managers?” We noted the very top % of this profession...

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18 Apr

Disappearing Economic Indicators

by Barry Ritholtz
First M3, now . . . Sometimes, when the data is (how shall we say this) less than delightful, politicians pressure bureaucracies to...

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11 Apr

WSJ Economists Survey

by Barry Ritholtz
The latest Wall Street Journal forecasting survey of economists is out (in the free section of the WSJ). Some of the survey...

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9 Apr

Stagnant Wages

by Barry Ritholtz
I am running out to the AMEX, but I wanted to make sure you read a piece in today’s NYT by David Leonhardt: For Many, a Boom That...

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3 Apr

More on Federal Withholding Taxes

by Barry Ritholtz
Yesterday, I referenced Matt Trivisonno’s chart on federal withholding taxes in order to defenestrate some wildly inaccurate...

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31 Mar

Uh-Oh: Cars/Vacations/Flat Panels Not Tax Deductible

by Barry Ritholtz
Here’s some more bad news for John Q. Public: We all know that the fun of the past few years Housing binge / ATM withdrawal / GDP...

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31 Mar

Was 2007 Q4 GDP Positive — or Negative ?

by Barry Ritholtz
Many breathed a sigh of relief over the final revision of 2007 Q4 GDP. However, we took a closer look to at some of the data to see what...

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24 Mar

Changes in US Withholding Taxes

by Barry Ritholtz
Matt Trivisonno, a software developer in Miami Beach who follows the market, has come up with a neat way to track changes in the Federal...

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12 Mar

Latest Bank Headache: Home Equity Loans

by Barry Ritholtz
> "This product was meant to help people do construction on their house, [and] do debt consolidation — not to take out...

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7 Mar

NonFarm Payroll Day: Not-So-Great Expectations

by Barry Ritholtz
We’ve been looking at various unemployment rates lately, heading into today’s NFP report at 8:30 am. A few things worth...

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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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