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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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Four Agenda Items New Congress Should Embrace

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Congress should tackle fiduciary regulations and a national minimum wage.

The Best Tool For Understanding The Market And Trump

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Consider the counterfactual. It puts the paltry returns on stocks and the president’s popularity into perspective.

Five Reasons Why Stocks Have Fallen

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If the market’s recent dive led you to buy or sell, you’re doing this investing business wrong.

Never Ask An Inflation Hawk To Do A Dove's Job

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Trump whines that his hand-picked Fed chief is raising rates too fast. He never should have dumped Janet Yellen.

What Minimum-Wage Foes Got Wrong About Seattle

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An initial study said the increase to $15 would cost workers jobs and hours. That didn’t happen.

Small Is Better And So Is Passive In Money Management

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S&P’s latest report on fund managers portrays persistent contrasts in performance.

Cheap Is Great, But Free Will Cost You

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Whenever a company offers something at no charge, that means the price is hidden and out of sight.

The Stock-Market Meltdown Everyone Saw Coming

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Nobody can say for sure why the stock market declined on Wednesday, says Barry Ritholtz.

The Next Financial Crisis Is Staring Us In The Face

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All it takes to see it is a long look in the mirror.

Trump's Election Shows How Much Investors Have To Learn

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Investing based on how you vote is still a terrible idea.

October Is The Scariest Month For Investors, Along With All The Others

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Actually, worry more about September.

Why America Has A Two-Track Economy

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Depending on where you live, your education and job, things are either pretty great or pretty bad.

Iceland's Way To Clean Up A Financial Crisis

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Unlike the U.S., the country let its banks fail and bailed out lots of consumers.

10 Myths About The 2008 Financial Crisis

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All are the result of bias, ignorance, laziness or bad faith.

The Financial Crisis Killed Hedge-Fund Performance

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The industry never came back from the "Great Reset," the huge sell-off during the first quarter of 2009.

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