Josh here - my guest this week on Talk Your Book is David Byrne, a former regulator who's taken everything he's learned and started a consulting firm to help professional athletes avoid financial fraud and bad investing advice. David's firm, Bright Lights, is there to vet financial advisors before players…
Our Director of Institutional Asset Management Ben Carlson wrote about the psychology of sitting in cash this week and it's a big topic among traders right now. But should it be a big topic among long-term investors? The trouble with swinging to cash, even if you end up being right…
In Michael's new blog post, Higher Highs and Lower Lows, he talks about some amazing stats that most people probably aren't aware of. From 1990 through today, the stock market rose on 53.4% of all days and fell 46.6% of all days. In fact, stocks have only had 500 more…
Michael Batnick and Josh Brown of Ritholtz Wealth Management play their favorite game, What Are Your Thoughts? In this episode: The sell-off in regional banks and homebuilders What investments will hold up best in a bear market? Why is Josh carrying around a pocketbook? Are we going to look back…
Kris, Michael and Josh take a trip through New Orleans, Austin and San Antonio. And they found out that it was never about the conferences and client meetings. It was all about the friends they made along the way! Talk to us about your financial plan and portfolio here: https://ritholtzwealth.com/…
Josh here - What if you could quantify all of the mistakes you're making with your trades, and then systematically improve them? I had the pleasure of sitting down with Essentia founder Clare Flynn Levy to talk about what she's learned at the forefront of behavioral investing science. Clare is…
Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown weigh in on the stunning magnitude of this week's technology stock sell-off, affecting Facebook, Google, Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon, Netflix, Apple and more. What started out as an interest rate-related market plunge eventually spread to the biggest, most liquid Nasdaq names and technology giants. What…
**** SUBSCRIBE! **** Michael Batnick and Josh Brown of Ritholtz Wealth Management play their favorite game, What Are Your Thoughts? In this episode: Why did technology stocks get hit so hard? Interest rates made an explosive move up last week Is too much FinTech a distraction from financial advice? Kanye…
Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown read the new interview Erik Schatzker did with AQR's Cliff Asness, one of the most successful quant investors of all time. Cliff's work is frequently read and cited by all the guys and gals at Ritholtz Wealth Management. He's also a great follow on…
We had a great day of hard work and learning at the Grow NYC teaching farm this week. You can learn more about their program and offer to volunteer here: https://www.grownyc.org/gardens Thanks so much to our videographer Ben Jarad Hancock for the beautiful visuals here. Check out the rest of…
Does the Stock Market Care About Stocks? While the Dow Jones Industrial Average makes record highs, many stocks in the market are not following suit. Traders refer to this as a "negative divergence" and it's something every investor should understand. Michael Batnick wrote about the fact that market internals are…
One of the hot button issues of the day, and something the government is now rethinking - should regular retail investors be given expanded access to the private markets? Josh and Michael tackle all the issues related to this topic in a new episode of Live from the Compound. *…
When billionaires make statements in the media, they're not attempting to speak directly with each member of the viewing audience. They certainly don't know the financial situation of each and every person who hears their words. Warren Buffett, Jamie Dimon, Stanley Druckenmiller and George Soros do not know you. And…
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Ritholtz Wealth Management turns five years old this week. Josh Brown, Kris Venne and Michael Batnick talk about the first challenge the firm had to overcome, literally on day one. Growing the business and learning to manage a company were just part of the adventure. Plus a thank you to…
*** SUBSCRIBE! **** Michael Batnick and Josh Brown of Ritholtz Wealth Management play their favorite game, What Are Your Thoughts? In this episode: Jamie Dimon What does it take to call yourself an expert in finance? Ten years later - how people are talking about the Great Financial Crisis now…
*** SUBSCRIBE *** This week Amazon became only the second company in history to break above the one trillion dollar valuation mark. Michael Batnick notes that it's gained $400 billion market cap since the start of the year thanks to a roaring 75% YTD return. What is behind the stock's…
When I heard about the new sector changes coming to the S&P 500 earlier this year, I kept an open mind. I understand why the committee wants to move things around and break up the FANG names as they gradually take over the entire economy, industry by industry. But this…
*** SUBSCRIBE to our channel *** Be sure to leave us a comment below if you have a view on this! We love feedback from our viewers and subscribers! Barry Ritholtz and Josh Brown debate the merits allowing publicly traded companies to report to their investors semi-annually versus quarterly. Do…
**** SUBSCRIBE to our channel! **** We love our subs, and tell us your thoughts in the comments below! On today's "What Are Your Thoughts" with Josh Brown and Michael Batnick: The Nasdaq Breaks 8,000! The S&P 500 Breaks 2900! Will the bears ever be right, even when the market…
*** SUBSCRIBE TO THE COMPOUND *** Josh Brown and Ritholtz Wealth Management CFO Bill Sweet talk about some of the most amazing, mind-blowing stock market facts from the last one hundred years. It turns out that new all-time highs occur a lot more frequently than many investors understand. Intuitively, many…
JPMorgan launched an app this morning that allows for customers to do up to 100 free stock trades each year. It's put the publicly traded online brokerage stocks under pressured and surprised The Street but there really isn't any big surprise. This is part of a broader trend within asset…
Josh here - I've had enough. People in our industry love to use misleading data points to frighten others into making poor decisions with their investment portfolios. The "longest bull market ever" meme is just the latest nonsense being trotted out to make it seem as though you need to…
*** SUBSCRIBE to our channel, we love our subs! *** Howard Lindzon is an angel investor and someone who has been investing in the early-stage fintech community since the beginning. He's also known for his ability to spot trends in the public markets that inform his private investments. Josh asks…