Topic: Barry Ritholtz

What it is about finance that invites these terrible, vapid pronouncements? Do these trivialities reflect a lack of intellectual rigour, or are they merely a refuge for those who do not want to get pinned down?

Some folks have argued that direct indexing is the next innovation that will disrupt the financial industry.

Barry Ritholtz After decades of expensive and often underperforming active fund management, the public has embraced low-cost, passive-index investing with a vengeance. The old chin-rubbing-this-company-looks-good...

This week marks the 42nd anniversary of the founding of Vanguard Group by Jack Bogle in 1975. That date made me think about Bogle’s recent advice for active managers. At the 2017 Morningstar Investment Conference in Chicago last week, Bogle said:

One of the big concerns for investors is the health of corporate profits, which have declined in the three of the past four quarters.