What makes a good investor? Barry Ritholtz of FusionIQ and The Big Picture blog says it’s not an MBA or a degree in economics. “We churn out MBAs like made-in-China widgets, yet few ever become outstanding investors,” Ritholtz recently wrote in a Washington Post op-ed. “And don’t even ask about economists — the profession that [...]
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Ritholtz Talks Economy, Market
May 6, 2011
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Barry Ritholtz of FusionIQ and The Big Picture blog remains bullish on stocks for the short-term, and says the economy is behaving just as one would expect following a credit crisis — that is, with slow growth and soft job creation. Ritholtz tells Bloomberg that it doesn’t matter whether the government raises taxes, lowers taxes, [...]
Read moreRitholtz High on U.S. Stocks — For Now
April 29, 2011
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Barry Ritholtz of FusionIQ and The Big Picture blog says he’s 90% long on stocks right now, mostly in the U.S. Ritholtz tells CNBC that a lot of his optimism is an “opportunistic trade”. He thinks a major correction is coming sometime in the future, but he says he doesn’t see evidence that it’s coming [...]
Read moreRitholtz Talks Post-QE2
March 11, 2011
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Barry Ritholtz of The Big Picture blog and FusionIQ says the end of the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing policies should mean a drop in many asset classes. Here he discusses his outlook with Bloomberg. Ritholtz also talks a bit about the cognitive biases that make investors prone to big mistakes.
Read moreRitholtz Sees Correction Coming, but Broader Bull Run Continuing
February 2, 2011
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Barry Ritholtz of FusionIQ and The Big Picture blog says he expects a correction of at least 5% to 8% to hit the stock market sometime soon, but doesn’t think it means an end to the cyclical bull market. “You’re just going to get a correction within that” bull market, Ritholtz tells Yahoo! TechTicker. In [...]
Read moreRitholtz Sees Rally Continuing, Risk Factors Building
January 7, 2011
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Barry Ritholtz of FusionIQ and The Big Picture blog says he expects the market rally to continue into the first quarter of 2011, though he sees risks accumulating over the course of the year. “I see no reason why the rally should not continue into the first quarter of 2011,” Ritholtz writes on his blog. [...]
Read moreRitholtz’s Three Picks for 2011
December 14, 2010
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Top strategist Barry Ritholtz recently offered his top three picks for 2011 in an interview on CNBC. Ritholtz is keying on an unloved banking giant, a coal producer, and a Canadian oil and gas firm.
Read moreRitholtz: Investors Should Welcome Uncertainty
November 10, 2010
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Barry Ritholtz of FusionIQ and The Big Picture blog says that, contrary to popular belief, uncertainty in the market is good for investors. “When the crowd is nervous, it creates opportunities” if you know where to find value, he tells Bloomberg.
Read moreRitholtz Likes Telecoms, Wary of Gold
October 29, 2010
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Barry Ritholtz of FusionIQ and The Big Picture blog has been moving back into stocks, and says a “Don’t Fight The Fed” viewpoint is a big factor in his moves. “When the Fed comes out and says, ‘Gee, the economy is worse than we expected,’ that things are taking much longer to get back to [...]
Read moreRitholtz: Don’t Fight The Fed
October 15, 2010
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Barry Ritholtz says that the market has shown resilience in recent months, and says Federal Reserve’s stimulative policies make it hard to bet against the market. “You can’t really be short a market where the Fed is saying we’re going to do whatever it takes to hold up every asset class,” Ritholtz tells Yahoo! TechTicker. [...]
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