Barry Ritholtz Quotes

I've been investing in the stock market for 27 years and, within that time, have helped investors beat the market nearly four to one.

Zeroing in on the best sectors or the best regions of the world is great, but zeroing in on the very best individual stocks is the key to making truly impressive profits.

It's easy to buy. Prove that you bought at the right time and the right price.

Both cheap value stocks and more glamorous growth stocks can work well in a portfolio - if done right.

In my day job, I worry non-stop about making wise investments for long-term gains.

Investing is a business where you can look very silly for a long period of time before you are proven right.

Having the opportunity to follow the market frequently gives you the opportunity to see if you need to reevaluate your portfolio. But reevaluating your portfolio shouldn't trigger a sell signal so frequently.

I'm not emotional about investments. Investing is something where you have to be purely rational and not let emotion affect your decision making - just the facts.

People want to make sure there is flexibility to reallocate assets. They are trusting us to make the asset allocation decisions.

I'm sometimes accused of being hostile to mutual funds. That's not fair, really. There is a place for them. Still, I am hostile to one thing, which is trying to use funds to time your way in and out of the market. That's a recipe for very bad results.

I had accumulated some capital and was at an age at which I was interested in generating income. But even though I was risk averse, I was interested in growth stocks.

The Interros strategy toward various assets generally depends on the stage of their development and level of their maturity.

My investment advice is rooted in my understanding of economics.

I've had a very good stretch with startup investing, and I think it's very important to know when to hold your chips.

If you want to invest in us, we believe customer number one, employee number two, shareholder number three. If they don't want to buy that, that's fine. If they regret, they can sell us.

Entire populations of market strategists, fund managers, and economists are employed to try and intuit for clients which securities to bet on for the best possible return each year - or quarter.

Doing ventures is great - I'm talking economics now - if you've got a rising market. It's wonderful. If I hadn't got HKT, I would have been just as happy. Because there's a price for everything. And to overpay for something is awful.

Our balance sheet provides us with the ability to act on investment opportunities in appropriate areas that diversify and broaden our portfolio, including the gas and energy sector.

I like to invest in companies where I can really add value from my experience, network, etc., so checking out my portfolio of other investments, and my background, will generally give some guidance there.

Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.

One way to mitigate our risk is to invest in companies with understandable business models.

What I'm trying to say is that for the average investor, what I would encourage them to do is to understand that there's inflation and growth. It can go higher and lower and to have four different portfolios essentially that make up your entire portfolio that gets you balanced.

The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.

Money management has been a profession involving a lot of fakery - people saying they can beat the market, and they really can't.

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