Barry Ritholtz Quotes

I've been a financial journalist for 30 years.

Truth be told, most financial television bores me. Two or more people discussing the latest economic trends or hot stocks is not especially entertaining.

I come from a financial news background, originally, so that is a big area of focus for me.

I was not a student of Wall Street, but I was a quick study.

My investment advice is rooted in my understanding of economics.

I think the value of venues like CNBC is that they give investors an opportunity to reevaluate the situation minute by minute, but maybe we don't need to follow the market so closely.

Business news is sexy.

One of the very nice things about investing in the stock market is that you learn about all different aspects of the economy. It's your window into a very large world.

I'm not wedded to covering the markets. I'm intrigued by the markets. If I can connect Main Street with Wall Street, then I've succeeded.

My adversary is the world of finance.

In college, I was told the market can't be beat.

It's fine to seek professional help, but I urge everyone - no matter how big their portfolio - to truly understand every suggestion they're given before acting.

Broadcasts from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange have propelled once-obscure financial journalists such as Maria Bartiromo to celebrity status and made CNBC to investors what ESPN is to sports fans.

I don’t know why the Stock Market does what it does.

I started trading around 1979, fresh out of college. In the early '90s, I started guesting for major news media.

Investing in a poker game and investing in stocks, at least the way I do it, it's a very similar skillset.

I was about thirteen when I started thinking about the stock market. My dad helped me a little bit. I'd see it in the 'Santa Barbara News-Press.' These prices would change every day - what was that all about?

I did get introduced to the financial markets while I was in college. And I think I learned also how to sort of filter out all of the nonrational, or nonsensible, noise and sort of concentrate on what matters, and that's really what markets are about.

Regardless of how or where you enter Wall Street, use your inherent skills and strengths to succeed.

One of the main reasons that the landscape of financial stuff in America is different is that gambling is illegal there. So there's a kind of sport-like aspect to the American coverage of finance.

In banking, it was my responsibility to deliver investment opportunities and solutions to hedge fund clients, and at Bloomberg, it's my job to break down news that matters to our viewers and readers.

Banking types should take their cue from Gordon Gekko. Or pick the best-looking banker in their firm and copy him.

CNBC is a very serious-minded financial news network, and what we've seen thus far from Fox appears to be not as investment-focused or financially focused, and that's good for us.

I think you've got to watch out for anybody in high school who says he wants to become an economist.

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