Episodes
Feb. 3, 2021
Delete Junk Food From Your Retirement Portfolio
"We are one of the world’s richest nations, but many investors own the investment equivalent of Corn Dogs in their retirement accounts." - Tony Isola For more visit: A Teachable Moment For disclosure information please visit:...
Feb. 2, 2021
Crowdsourced Pump and Dump
"This week, I witnessed the craziest thing I’ve ever seen in the stock market. A merry band of traders, congregating on the popular internet message board, Reddit, successfully pulled off a massive short squeeze on shares of ...
Jan. 30, 2021
Late Cycle Bubblicious?
"Finding historical parallels to the pandemic ground hog day circumstances is all but impossible: Stuck at home, the usual in-person socializing non-existent, much of our favored live entertainments unavailable." - Barry Rith...
Jan. 28, 2021
Stimulus, More Stimulus and Taxes
"Which matters more to equities, valuations or the economy? This is not an abstract academic question, but rather the core of the debate between the stock market’s bulls and bears. " - Barry Ritholtz For more visit: The Big P...
Jan. 27, 2021
Reaching Your Financial Resolutions in 3 Easy Steps
"Just developing the habit of putting money aside – and accomplishing that goal right away – may be the momentum you need to move the needle in the right direction and keep going." - Dina Isola For more visit: RealSmartica Fo...
Jan. 26, 2021
Dear Samantha
"By accepting the potential for losses today, we earn the potential returns of tomorrow. Once you have accepted this fact, you are ahead of most investors – both individuals and professionals..." - Josh Brown For more visit: ...
Jan. 22, 2021
We Don’t Live In Our 401(k) Plans
"Learning to spend a little less in the present and a bit more in the future isn’t easy. We live in the moment, not in our 401(k) plans." - Tony Isola For more visit: A Teachable Moment For disclosure information please visit...
Jan. 21, 2021
How to Make Millions in Bitcoin
"Perhaps the secret to long-term investing success is not to lose your password, but to entrust it to a neutral third-party who doesn’t allow you to pay attention to the short-term fluctuations in value." - Blair duQuesnay Fo...
Jan. 20, 2021
Silicon Valley De-Platforming: Freedom & Censorship
"The constitution does not require you to turn over your home or businesses or any other property to allow anyone to communicate about anything." - Barry Ritholtz For more visit: The Big Picture For disclosure information ple...
Jan. 18, 2021
What is Wrong with These People?
"What is so striking about all of the people embracing unorthodox views isn’t that they are insane, but rather that they seem so normal ." - Barry Ritholtz For more visit: The Big Picture For disclosure information please vis...
Jan. 15, 2021
It's OK to Build Wealth Slowly
"So much of the success for any investment or wealth-building strategy comes down to your personality." - Ben Carlson For more visit: A Wealth of Common Sense For disclosure information please visit: https://ritholtzwealth.co...
Jan. 14, 2021
The Stock Market is Causing the Bubbles
"When speculation is running rampant, as I believe it currently is, people stop thinking about the future and only think about today." - Michael Batnick For more visit: The Irrelevant Investor For disclosure information pleas...
Jan. 12, 2021
Eventual Failure of False Belief Systems
"What is the penalty for being wrong? It is a surprisingly complicated question." - Barry Ritholtz For more visit: The Big Picture For disclosure information please visit: https://ritholtzwealth.com/blog-disclosures/ Learn mo...
Jan. 11, 2021
Two Simple Rules For Building Real Wealth
"Simple beats complex in investing and life." - Tony Isola For more visit: A Teachable Moment For disclosure information please visit: https://ritholtzwealth.com/blog-disclosures/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...
Jan. 8, 2021
When an Asset Goes Out of Style
"As with any ‘investment’ you need to go in with your eyes wide open and recognize that what you are doing is risky. Tastes change." - Tadas Viskanta For more visit: Abnormal Returns For disclosure information please visit: h...
Jan. 6, 2021
Lock It In
"I might take a lot of heat for writing this, but I’m going to write it anyway. If you’ve made life-changing money in one or more of the high flying stocks this year, it’s time to lock in some gains." - Blair duQuesnay For mo...
Jan. 5, 2021
A Short History of Chasing the Best Performing Fund
"Vanguard and iShares basically killed the star mutual fund manager in recent decades." - Ben Carlson For more visit: A Wealth of Common Sense For disclosure information please visit: https://ritholtzwealth.com/blog-disclosur...
Dec. 31, 2020
What if You Only Invested at Market Peaks?
"Regardless of which risky asset classes you have in your portfolio, as this post illustrates, buying near all-time highs should not be a cause for concern." - Nick Maggiulli For more visit: Of Dollars and Data For disclosure...
Dec. 30, 2020
How to Avoid Bear Markets
"There’s a very simple way to avoid bear markets. What you do is pull all of your money out of the stock market and just let it accumulate in your bank account." - Josh Brown For more visit: The Reformed Broker For disclosure...
Dec. 23, 2020
A Recovery Squandered
"The biggest issue: the failure of Congress to pass the broadest stimulus package in the depths of the GFC. Sure, they rescued the banks, but they hardly did very much for the rest of the economy." - Barry Ritholtz For more v...
Dec. 22, 2020
"Take All Your Common Stocks And Sell Them"
"Had you followed Fred Schwed’s maxim for dying rich, you’d have been out of stocks long ago. And yes, you’d have watched them grow and grow and grow again in value. " - Josh Brown For more visit: The Reformed Broker For disc...
Dec. 21, 2020
This Is Not The Way
"It feels like every day, I’m getting an email or a text from people outside the investing world asking me about speculative securities." - Michael Batnick For more visit: The Irrelevant Investor For disclosure information pl...
Dec. 20, 2020
Cape 2020 vs 1929
"One of the things that market analysts love to do is to compare recent market action with some prior historical era, and declare “The market today is just like ____.” Recall the 1987 parallels a few years ago or the more rec...
Dec. 19, 2020
How Are Normal People Supposed To Save For Retirement?
"Retirement investors needing the most help often get the least. Or worse!" - Tony Isola For more visit: A Teachable Moment For disclosure information please visit: https://ritholtzwealth.com/blog-disclosures/ Learn more abou...