Author: Barry Ritholtz

Quotes

The good news is that economists are intelligent, engaging and often charming folks. The bad news is their work is often of little use to investors.

The good news is that economists are intelligent, engaging and often charming folks. The bad news is their work is often of little use to investors.

- Barry Ritholtz

The simple reality of life is that everyone is wrong on a regular basis. By confronting these inevitable errors, you allow yourself to make corrections before it is too late.

The simple reality of life is that everyone is wrong on a regular basis. By confronting these inevitable errors, you allow yourself to make corrections before it is too late.

- Barry Ritholtz

History shows us that people are terrible about guessing what is going to happen - next week, next month, and especially next year.

History shows us that people are terrible about guessing what is going to happen - next week, next month, and especially next year.

- Barry Ritholtz

The beauty of diversification is it's about as close as you can get to a free lunch in investing.

The beauty of diversification is it's about as close as you can get to a free lunch in investing.

- Barry Ritholtz

Once you research an idea, you begin to develop a perspective. Writing about anything in public, often in real time, has helped fashion my views.

Once you research an idea, you begin to develop a perspective. Writing about anything in public, often in real time, has helped fashion my views.

- Barry Ritholtz

It is in your DNA to love a good story. You know, neat tales with heroes and villains and conflicts to resolve. A good story pushes our buttons, is exciting and memorable.

It is in your DNA to love a good story. You know, neat tales with heroes and villains and conflicts to resolve. A good story pushes our buttons, is exciting and memorable.

- Barry Ritholtz

The way we finance homes in this country is slow, filled with middlemen, who run a nonstandardized evaluation process. This makes financing a home cumbersome and difficult.

The way we finance homes in this country is slow, filled with middlemen, who run a nonstandardized evaluation process. This makes financing a home cumbersome and difficult.

- Barry Ritholtz

How are the cabs in your city? In Manhattan, where I work, they are rather awful.

How are the cabs in your city? In Manhattan, where I work, they are rather awful.

- Barry Ritholtz

Have a well-thought financial plan that is not dependent upon correctly guessing what will happen in the future.

Have a well-thought financial plan that is not dependent upon correctly guessing what will happen in the future.

- Barry Ritholtz

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