Best quotes by Barry Ritholtz on People

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• ‟ History shows us that people are terrible about guessing what is going to happen - next week, next month, and especially next year.

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

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• ‟ People who work in specialized fields seem to have their own language. Practitioners develop a shorthand to communicate among themselves. The jargon can almost sound like a foreign language.

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• ‟ Any time you speak to people about their posture, you learn about their most recent investment activity. When someone just bought stocks, they tend to be bullish; someone who just sold is bearish.

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• ‟ People forget that although we can pinpoint the price, we can only guess at future earnings. The past isn't much help: It simply tells whether a market was pricey or cheap.

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• ‟ Active management leads to lots of poor investor behavior. It sends people chasing after whoever has the hot hand at the moment.

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• ‟ Footage of people camped out at Best Buy or elsewhere is not remotely a celebration. Rather, it's a reminder of just how economically distressed a large percentage of our populace is.

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