Barry Ritholtz

Delighted to finish “One Summer: America 1927. Everything Bryson writes is deeply researched and beautifully written. He’s becoming one of my favorite authors. https://t.co/EQxHIjF9PU

Barry Ritholtz

“All historical novels are science fiction since they are about time travel,” ―Thornton Wilder, The Ides of March

Barry Ritholtz

RT @SteveStuWill: On this day in 1859, Charles Darwin published his magnum opus On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. One…

Barry Ritholtz

“Risk and time are opposite sides of the same coin, for if there were no tomorrow there would be no risk. Time transforms risk, and the nature of risk is shaped by the time horizon: the future is the playing field.” -Peter L. Bernstein, Against the Gods

Barry Ritholtz

This is how the world changes, slowly, but it adds up. In Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises,” a character is asked how he went bankrupt: “Gradually, then suddenly.” Name a better 3-word phrase that explains nearly everything. Maybe Willam Goldman’s “Nobody knows anything.”

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@sarah_cone Star Island, Carl Hiaasen -- perfect beach reading

Barry Ritholtz

When I started on a trading desk the book I saw most often was Sun Tzu's "The Art of War;" there was even a version titled "Art of War for Traders and Investors"

Barry Ritholtz

RT @SteveStuWill: On this day in 1859, Charles Darwin published his magnum opus On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. One…

Barry Ritholtz

RT @SteveStuWill: On this day in 1859, Charles Darwin published his magnum opus On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. One…

Barry Ritholtz

RT @SteveStuWill: On this day in 1859, Charles Darwin published his magnum opus On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. One…