Economics in our time is a philosophy dressed up in equations. That does not imply that economics is worthless, only that is should not be trusted to deliver precision or provable certainty.
If Assange's cyber invasion is to Bankster Street what the civil rights marchers were to segregation, what are Wall Street's water cannons? I can hardly wait to find out.
The current foreclosure crisis is unprecedented in American history, Barry Ritholtz said on Monday. The Fusion IQ CEO told CNBC's Larry Kudlow and Di...
Does the president deserve the level of anger elicited by liars and those who daily attempt to shape our world into one making them ever more wealthy and powerful at the expense of the vulnerable?
If you were going to give me a trillion dollars to stimulate the economy so that the next expansion could proceed, here's what I would do: ...
Barry Ritholtz, founder of investment research firm Fusion IQ and writer of the popular blog, The Big Picture, is known for his bearish views -- and t...
I have been watching with a mixture of awe and dismay some of the really bad analysis, sloppy reporting, and just unsupported commentary about the GS ...
The WSJ's editors, hellbent on proving they are visiting from Alpha Centauri, defend the actions of Goldman as "more a case of hindsight bias than financial villainy."
The millions of homeowners who got in over their heads have already suffered a lot. Let's get them some help. And let's keep the focus on the people who caused this problem: The bankers who got rich off them.
Many thousands of five-year adjustable mortgages will reset this year, and 25 percent of homeowners are still underwater in their mortgages even as these resets continue to occur.
29 million unemployed Americans will receive less financial support in total than was given out in bonuses to about 165,000 Wall Street employees. If you don't feel like a sucker yet, you're probably not paying attention.
My column this week is about economic data, and the ways in which it can mislead (or at least send us into unnecessary tizzies)....
Any plan that seeks to reverse the unregulated wild west that derivatives have existed in since 2000 must have a simple beginning: Repeal the Commodit...
Over the last few few decades, financial lobbying yielded an incredible return on investment for Wall Street -- albeit, in the form of taxpayer bailou...
Last week, UBS announced a 2nd Quarter loss "due to restructuring charges." The banking giant is raising $3.45 billion in a stock sale. Partly owned ...
