Are Stock ETFs A Buy?Seeking Alpha“Also unsaid was the impact of recession on earnings,” Barry Ritholtz, chief executive at quantitative research firm Fusion IQ, commented on the Bloomberg report. “The Reagan Recession came at the end of a 16-year bear market, plus benefited from …

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Are Stock ETFs a Buy with S&P 500 at 1980s Valuations?ETF Trends“Also unsaid was the impact of recession on earnings,” Barry Ritholtz, chief executive at quantitative research firm Fusion IQ, commented on the Bloomberg report. “The Reagan Recession came at the end of a 16-year bear market, plus benefited from …and more »

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ETFs Rally on 'Attractive' Valuations, Fed HopesETF Trends“Also unsaid was the impact of recession on earnings,” Barry Ritholtz, chief executive at quantitative research firm Fusion IQ, commented on the Bloomberg report. “The Reagan Recession came at the end of a 16-year bear market, plus benefited from …and more »

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Economic Populist

A Round Up of Economic MalaiseEconomic PopulistBarry Ritholtz notes Zandi's track record isn't so great, although the same can be said about the CBO, the Federal Reserve and assuredly the President's economics team. That said, most private forecasting divisions are much lower in their future GDP …and more »

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A how-to guide for fixing America's banksWashington PostFor anyone who thought the US banking sector was healthy, Warren Buffett's $5 billion investment in Bank of America should be a wake-up call. Many investors assumed the Wall Street bailouts of Bank of America and the other big banks …and more »

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Rarest of OldsmobilesLansing State JournalOn the website, Barry Ritholtz calls the F-88 "the world's rarest automobile," and "the car that might have killed the Corvette" if it ever went into production. He writes: " … Chevrolet, being GM's big sales and profit division, campaigned to GM to …and more »

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How Far to the Bottom of the Market?Town HallBarry Ritholtz at the Big Picture Blog chimed in on the housing bottom question back in April, and in response to Barry's post, Calculated Risk chimed in. I will chime in after taking a look at what Barry and Calculated Risk have to say. …

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Checking In On that 'Gold to $10000′ CallWall Street Journal (blog)Barry Ritholtz wrote this morning, “Equity markets are now extremely oversold, while Gold has moved parabolically. Some mean reversion would appropriate around now.” The Shanghai Gold Exchange raised its margin requirements by one basis point to 12%, …and more »

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Mortgage Rates & Trends (blog)

Massachusetts Judge Overturns MERS ForeclosureMortgage Rates & Trends (blog)The same post was re-published on Barry Ritholtz' The Big Lead today. I highly suggest reading it because it goes further into the legal details of the case than I am able to. Rather than attempt to summarize it, I'll quote portions of [...]

Barry Ritholtz Imagines a Real Government Rescue for BanksWall Street Journal (blog)Ritholtz doesn't single out Bank of America, but he takes issues with the popular notion that the government “fixed” the banking system after the financial crisis. (Judging by our reader comments, this notion is not widely held. …

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