The Grinch Will Set you Straight About Holiday Retail Sales
Thanksgiving is next week. Along with the family and turkey and fixin’s comes the annual — and historically terrible —...
Uneven Recovery, Noise & Ignorance: Why People Missed the...
View Why So Many Hate This Recovery There are three main reasons for the pessimism. Bloomberg, November 16, 2015. \There...
The Amateur Advantage
How you, the amateur investor, can beat the pros Barry Ritholtz Washington Post, November 8, 2015 Since I started writing...
Buybacks Are Overrated
Why Management Loves Share Buybacks Share repurchases are a backdoor way to pay executives. Bloomberg, November 11, 2015 ...
The Amateur Investing Advantage
My Sunday Washington Post Business Section column is out. This morning, we look at the advantages that the Mom & Pop...
The Latest Cognitive Dissonance: Weak Recovery is all Dodd...
Don’t Blame Dodd-Frank for the Slow Recovery The law isn’t perfect, but it hasn’t hurt small-business lending....
‘Never Buy a Boat’ and Other Misguided Financial...
‘Never buy a boat’ and other rash financial advice Barry Ritholtz Washington Post, September 27, 2015 “A boat...
Oh, No! Disclosure is Going to Mess Up Housing Sales!
Starting Saturday, the real-estate industry will be subject to new disclosure rules, courtesy of the Dodd-Frank law and the Consumer...
401Ks Should Not be Complicated or Expensive
Over the years, I have been critical of the way 401(k)s are created, administered and managed. They can be expensive and filled with...
#badadvice to Ruin Your Financial Life
How to ruin your financial life, #badadvice Barry Ritholtz Washington Post, September 13 2015 About two years ago,...