Salesmen always need something to sell.

- Barry Ritholtz

One thing I detest most about the financial press is the lack of accountability. All sorts of nonsense is said without penalty.

- Barry Ritholtz

Keynes vs Hayek? Friedman vs Krugman? Those are the wrong intellectual debates. Its you vs. Tony Hayward, BP CEO, You vs. Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sa…

- Barry Ritholtz

For those of you who may be unaware, [Michael] Boskin is the economist/weasel/fraud who helped to officially distort the CPI, making it more or less …

- Barry Ritholtz

Never forget this simple truism: Forecasting is marketing, plain and simple.

- Barry Ritholtz

History is replete with examples of tech firms that were marginalized by new companies and technologies.

- Barry Ritholtz

If I am going to trash others for their dumb predictions, I must at least hold myself to the same sort of accountability.

- Barry Ritholtz

Returnless risk is not how you prepare for a decent retirement.

- Barry Ritholtz

'Excessive regulation in the banking reform bill will destroy a substantial part of our bond-distributing machinery. Can anyone expect that a step of…

- Barry Ritholtz