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Barry Ritholtz
Born1961
EducationStony Brook University, Yeshiva University - Wilf Campus, Cardoza School of Law
OccupationFounder of Ritholtz Wealth Management
Websiteritholtz.com

Barry Ritholtz is an American author, newspaper columnist, blogger, market strategist, founder and wealth management executive. Ritholtz is the founder and CIO of Ritholtz Wealth Management (“RWM”), a financial planning and asset management firm with over $5 billion dollars in assets under management. He first came to public notice for his warning about derivatives and mortgages leading to the financial crisis in the mid-2000s.

For example, on YahooTV, Ritholtz flipped bullish the day of the market lows in March 2009.[1] He is also known for warning investors not to assume Covid-19 would end the bull market on April 1, 2020.[2]

Before founding RWM, Ritholtz served as CEO of Fusion IQ. Prior to that, he was the chief market strategist at Maxim Group, an investment bank in New York.[3]

Education

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Ritholtz graduated from Stony Brook University with a degree in political science and a minor in philosophy.[4] He was a member of the school's equestrian team, and competed in the 1981 National Championships of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association. After graduation, Ritholtz studied at Yeshiva University’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York, graduating cum laude in 1989 with a J.D. He passed the Bar exams in New York and New Jersey.[5] He went on to practice law for a few years.[6]

Media

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He is a guest commentator on Bloomberg Television and the creator and host of the Bloomberg Podcast Masters in Business—the first mainstream, long-form interview finance investing podcast.

He is also a former contributor to CNBC and TheStreet.com.

Writing

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Ritholtz launched a blog on Geocities in 1998 with insights on financial markets; he moved it to Typepad in 2003 naming it The Big Picture. The Big Picture has amassed 275 million visitors and generates half a million page views per month.[7]

He wrote a weekly markets and investing column for Bloomberg Opinion from 2013 to 2021; from 2011 to 2017, he also wrote a personal finance and investing column for the Washington Post.[8][9]

Ritholtz is the author of two books: Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy, published in 2009, and How Not To Invest: The Ideas, Numbers, and Behaviors That Destroy Wealth – and How to Avoid Them, which will be published on March 18, 2025.[10]

Recognition

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In 2012, Ritholtz was listed as one of the “25 Most Dangerous People in Financial Media” by the Huffington Post.[11] In 2010, Ritholtz was named one of the "15 Most Important Economic Journalists" by The Daily Beast.[12] Ritholtz’s podcast Masters in Business won the Adweek 2023 Audio Award for the Best Business-to-Business Podcast.[13]

References

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  1. ^ Dubner, Stephen J. (2009-03-11). "When Barry Ritholtz Talks, People Listen". Freakonomics. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  2. ^ "Maybe the Coronavirus Didn't End the Bull Market".
  3. ^ Schulte, Erin (August 3, 2004). "Placing a Wager On the Chip Sector" (PDF). Wall Street Journal. p. C3. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
  4. ^ "Barry Ritholtz - Ritholtz Wealth Management | LinkedIn". www.linkedin.com. Archived from the original on 2025-01-25. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  5. ^ Dahle, Stephanie. "Get Briefed: Barry Ritholtz". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  6. ^ "Barry Ritholtz, Curriculum Vitae". The Big Picture. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  7. ^ "The Big Picture". The Big Picture. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  8. ^ "Barry Ritholtz - Bloomberg". Bloomberg.com. Archived from the original on 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  9. ^ "My WaPo Articles, 2011-17". The Big Picture. 2017-04-16. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  10. ^ "Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy, with New Post-Crisis Update | Wiley". Wiley.com. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  11. ^ "The 25 Most Dangerous People in Financial Media". HuffPost. 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  12. ^ "15 Most Important Economic Journalists". The Daily Beast. 2010-10-03. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  13. ^ "Here Are the Adweek Audio Awards for 2023".
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