Good jobs news is good news. Capisce?CNNMoneyBarry Ritholtz, CEO of Fusion IQ, a New York-based research firm, said that some investors, particularly in the fixed-income market, may worry that a strong jobs number will mean the Fed is less likely to launch another round of bond buying after the …
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'Fast Money' Recap: Mere Window Dressing?TheStreet.comCan the market rally without the financials? Barry Ritholtz, CEO of Fusion IQ, said the financials have become too bloated and slow to change. He cited a lack of confidence in their balance sheets and an inability to operate freely in a new environment.and more »
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ED FISHER: A tax plan for those making over $250000The Morning SunBarry Ritholtz of the Washington Post recently provided figures showing that corporate tax rates have declined from less than 5 percent of Gross Domestic Product in 1950 to about 2 percent in 2010. According to the Urban Institute and Brookings …
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Hindenburg Omen: Yep, it was a Dud.Wall Street Journal (blog)This is why Barry Ritholtz is one of our favorite bloggers. He revisits things to see how headline-grabbing calls by market pundits panned out. In a post Saturday, he goes back to the Hindenburg Omen, a technical indicator that was …
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Plutocracy: GE Doesn't Pay Taxes — Taxpayers Pay GEHuffington Post (blog)Barry Ritholtz at The Big Picture writes, Yet another reason why you don't bailout companies whose inability to manage risk allowed themselves to become destroyed: They not only do not deserve to continue with the same management/shareholders/creditors …
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Secondary Sources: Unsustainable Deficit, Krugman on Markets, House PricesWall Street Journal (blog)–Home Prices: Barry Ritholtz riffs on a great chart from Visualizing Economics that compares long-term house prices in both nominal and inflation-adjusted terms. “There are a few noteworthy items on the chart: The Great Depression saw Housing prices …and more »
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Maybe Bulgaria, not Slovenia, is the RI of EuropeWPRI-TV 12 (blog)Via Barry Ritholtz, I see The Economist has done the same exercise and come up with a different twin for Rhode Island's $47.8 billion economy: Bulgaria, deep in former Soviet territory. Oh, and Massachusetts is Saudi Arabia. How 'bout that? …and more »
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Top reasons not to own a home — everBaltimore Sun (blog)UPDATE: Barry Ritholtz says the huge attention given to Altucher's post is a contrarian indicator that the dive in house prices is nearing an end, and he gives top reasons why you SHOULD own a house. And Venezuela's Hugo Chavez says capitalism is to …and [...]
Is Economics a science-three commentsThe Business InsiderBarry Ritholtz is on fire with this post on Alan Greenspan. Mike the Mad Biologist on when economists misunderstand biology. (My answer to whether economics is a science appears in comments to Mike's post.)and more »
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About that all-clear signal…Globe and Mail (blog)Barry Ritholtz, writing on The Big Picture, isn't so sure about that, arguing that the stock market rebound looks like a junior version of the selloff and rebound that followed the 9/11 attacks. “After the selloff, markets became deeply oversold, …and more »
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