Barry Ritholtz Quotes

Quite frankly, the financial community has to improve its image. The financial community has to be much more transparent than it is.

Opacity on extreme levels is not addressed anywhere, including Dodd-Frank.

No, I was pleased that it is possible for somebody who makes full disclosure as I've done, not only of the contributors, but also how the money is spent.

You need a very good financial person to keep you honest, and to keep track of income and outgo.

I have a business manager and a book-keeper who deals with our household bills. My husband and I sit down with her for a weekly report on how much money is going out, but I'm not terribly interested, and I don't have the patience for it.

Fostering transparency and accountability at the Federal Reserve was one of my principal objectives when I became Chairman in February 2006.

For a long time, there had been no organization dedicated solely to going to toe-to-toe with the financial industry, on any issue, no matter how complex or obscure. That’s what we do

Get the money out fast and do it honestly.

Given the amount of money circulating in the sport, European taxpayers and supporters are entitled to know how their clubs are being managed.

A real man won't ask or answer questions about another man's money.

The mandate of financial fair play in Europe is for clubs to live within their means.

The banks should give a full, fair, and accurate account of their financial positions and they are failing that test.

I don't let nobody sign for my money. Me and my wife write our own checks. So, if there's some money missing, we know how it got missing.

Changing much-cherished bank secrecy laws is worth the effort. Corruption, tax evasion, and the capture of natural resource revenues undermine the rule of law, weaken the social fabric, erode citizens' trust in institutions, fuel conflict and insecurity, and hamper job creation.

If you have read me for any length of time, you know I am less than enthralled with much of what passes for financial news.

If my company spends money, it should be disclosed to the shareholders and how it was spent. With my personal money, I can do anything I want. But company money should be disclosed.

Fifa cannot sit by and see greed rule the football world. Nor shall we.

Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.

If somebody gives you his money, definitely he will be interested in knowing how you spend the money.

My conviction of the necessity of further legislative provisions for the safe-keeping and disbursement of the public moneys and my opinion in regard to the measures best adapted to the accomplishment of those objects have been already submitted to you.

The best defence against mafia business is full declaration of assets and incomes.

I am proud of the fact that my wealth is completely transparent.

I want Britain to be a global financial centre but I want it to be properly regulated.

A board of directors that cannot produce reliable audited financial statements for almost seven years simply should not remain in office.

I've been a financial journalist for 30 years.