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I do resent giving the income tax inspector 83 per cent.


Barry Sheene

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BARRY SANDERS Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.
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BARRY RITHOLTZ The simple reality of life is that everyone is wrong on a regular basis. By confronting these inevit...
BARRY RITHOLTZ History is replete with examples of tech firms that were marginalized by new companies and technolog...
BARRY RITHOLTZ A well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees.
BARRY RITHOLTZ Hedge fund managers charge so much more than mutual fund managers; alpha is even harder to come by. ...
BARRY RITHOLTZ Rather than engage in the sort of selective retention that so many investors tend to do and pretend ...
BARRY RITHOLTZ You can blow on the dice all you want, but whether they come up 'seven' is still a function ...
BARRY RITHOLTZ Investing is about making probabilistic decisions with limited information about an unknowable futur...
BARRY RITHOLTZ Based on a lifetime of observations and a few decades in the markets, I understand that societies, b...
BARRY RITHOLTZ Never forget this simple truism: Forecasting is marketing, plain and simple.
BARRY RITHOLTZ We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
BARRY RITHOLTZ When it comes to investing, you are your own worst enemy.
BARRY RITHOLTZ People who work in specialized fields seem to have their own language. Practitioners develop a short...
BARRY RITHOLTZ