What Kinds of Errors Are You Making (and what are you doing to...
It is an annual event that comes with the regularity of Thanksgiving and holiday shopping. I am referring to the Black Friday survey that...
A Closer Look at Hedge Fund Under-Performance
The Five Reasons Hedge Funds Underperform Hedge fund performance — and underperformance — is a complex, nuanced issue which...
The Innumeracy of the Media Has Not Been Greatly Exaggerated
One would hope that after a decade of people lamenting the poor reporting of Thanksgiving weekend retail data, the news media might learn...
The Bifurcated Recovery in Jobs
Recovery’s Great If You Were Already Rich (or Even Modestly Well Off) The beneficiaries of the economic recovery have been a...
Ignore Today’s – Indeed Most — NFP reports
Ignore Today’s — and Most — Jobs Reports The employment situation report is the single most over-hyped, over-analyzed,...
Meet Uncle Sam, Your Partner in Crime
Meet Uncle Sam, Your Partner in Crime Lack of criminal prosecutions for bankers, hedge funds managers and other moguls has altered the...
Welcome to My First Bloomberg View Column
Well now, let’s have a look around here. Hmmm, nicely typeset. Headline, URL, date are in the usual places; sidebar for other articles...
Kiss Your Assets Goodbye When Certainty Reigns
Kiss Your Assets Goodbye When Certainty Reigns Barry Ritholtz Bloomberg, November 9, 2010 — 9:00 PM EST ...