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19 Jul

U.S. Weapons Exports, 1950 to 2017

by Barry Ritholtz
U.S. weapons exports from 1950 to 2017. Data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s Arms Transfers Database....

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8 Jul

How the Troll Factory Collected Americans’ Personal...

by Barry Ritholtz
The Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency, a.k.a. the Troll Factory, ​used fake social media accounts before and after the 2016 U.S....

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14 Jun

U-2 Spy Plane Is Still Going Strong

by Barry Ritholtz
WSJ: Six decades after the U-2 flew its first mission, the military is trying to harness artificial-intelligence technology to enhance...

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12 Feb

MiB: FBI Firestorm Will Pass

by Barry Ritholtz
Jack Devine, former director of operations at the Central Intelligence Agency calls the current dispute between the Federal Bureau of...

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11 Feb

Transcript: MiB Jack Devine of the CIA

by Barry Ritholtz
  The transcript from this week’s MiB: Jack Devine of the CIA is below.   You can stream/download the full conversation,...

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10 Feb

MiB: Jack Devine, CIA

by Barry Ritholtz
      This week, we speak with Jack Devine, a 32-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency (“CIA”) serving as...

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10 Jan

Senate Interview, GLENN SIMPSON, Fusion GPS

by Barry Ritholtz
This is quite fascinating. If you would rather not plow through 300 plus pages, then you can read this epic 57 post thread from the...

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8 Dec

America is Minting Millionaires

by Barry Ritholtz
Click for much larger graphic Source: Wonkblog   This is very intriguing: The U.S. economy is minting new millionaires at an...

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18 Oct

North Korea: Where can its missiles reach?

by Barry Ritholtz
Very interesting — and more than a little frightening — explanatory of the ranges of various North Korean missiles:  ...

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28 Sep

Investing Around North Korean Nuclear Attack…

by Barry Ritholtz
Source: Bloomberg   The question of how to invest under the threat of nuclear war keeps coming up from clients, the media, and...

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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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