156 Quotes by Barry Ritholtz

Anyone who can get away for the week does, and you end up with skeletal staffs.

The Fed is now at the proverbial fork in the road,

You, your employer and your plan's investment managers fail to follow even the most basic rules of investing. You overtrade, chase performance, do not think long term. All of you - All Of You - have done a horrible job managing your retirement plans.

The Fed doesn't have to jack up rates really quickly since other economic indicators are softening. Capital expenditures are modest and employment figures are anemic, so the biggest danger the Fed faces is smothering the recovery.

Any investment bought via credit always runs the risk of margin calls and, eventually, liquidation.

I'm looking for really good earnings, and I don't know that it's going to juice the market all that much. In order to go significantly higher, what's the catalyst?

When markets are rallying, cash in the portfolio is a drag on performance, returning about zero.

If you look at which sectors have done particularly well this year, including home builders, mining, energy, other commodities, they have done well because of unusual factors, ... such as the still historically low interest rates, which are already rising, or demand from China for commodities.

A well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees.