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Barry Ritholtz

Barry Ritholtz is a Bloomberg View columnist writing about finance, the economy and the business world. He started the Big Picture blog in 2003 and is the founder of Ritholtz Wealth Management, an asset management and financial planning firm. Ritholtz was previously the chief executive officer and director of equity research at FusionIQ, a quantitative research firm for which he continues to consult. He is the author of "Bailout Nation" and is a graduate of Stony Brook University and Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. He lives on New York's Long Island with his wife.

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Money Doesn't Deserve The Bad Rap It's Getting

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More of it won’t necessarily make you happier day-to-day, but it does raise life satisfaction.

New Inequality Numbers Are A Gift To Campaign Sloganeers

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The Fed developed a data set that throws wealth disparities into high relief.

How Your Clients Can Hack Their Retirement Plans

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Their future selves will be thankful.

The U.S. Labor Market Isn't All That Healthy

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Underemployment is a problem that isn’t measured well by the official data.

SEC's New 'Best-Interest' Rule Far From Best For Investors

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The brokerage industry has again skirted the need to put investors first.

How To Invest And Profit In The Next Recession

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A slump is likely in the next year or so. There are ways to prepare for it.

10 Things People In Finance Should Never Say

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These trite and vapid statements deserve a decent but hasty burial.

Looking Back At A Bearish Call On Amazon

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Twenty years ago, how could Barron’s or anyone else know what would become of an internet bookseller?

The Economy Is Booming. So Is Financial Stress.

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Family balance sheets show that gains in security have been narrow while exposure to downturns remains broad.

Childhood Trauma And The Active Fund Manager

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Experiencing divorce or death of a close family member tends to lead to risk aversion in adulthood.

10 Books For Beach Or Poolside This Summer

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A guidebook to life for college graduates and another work by two-time Pulitzer winner David McCullough.

Getting Rich Investing In Art Is So Easy

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Just figure out what sells for peanuts today and will command a fortune in 30 years or so.

Index Funds Don't Hurt Consumers, But Monopolies Do

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Critics of passive investing blame the wrong thing for higher prices in some industries.

Vanguard Fund Investors Get Control Of Paying Taxes

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The big money manager found a way to defer taxes on mutual-fund capital gains via exchanged-traded funds.

Why Financial Literacy Is So Elusive

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Much of the knowledge vanishes quickly in the absence of constant use.

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