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"Instead of gradually raising the minimum wage over time nationally, first to $10, then $12, and putting it on a path towards $15, we have seen the pressure build for years . . . then during the pandemic lockdown, we experienced an 18 month period when low-wage workers reconsidered their careers. The dam broke, the results being both a sudden spike in wages and a shortage of workers." - Barry Rith...

"The current state of affairs has been a long time coming. Our instinct is to do something (anything!) to stop the short-term pain. But the reality is that the worst of it will work itself out over time. This too shall pass." - Barry Ritholtz For more visit: The Big Picture For disclosure information please visit: https://ritholtzwealth.com/blog-disclosures/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

Welcome to Portfolio Rescue, an all-new show from The Compound where Ben Carlson and special guests answer your questions on investing and finance! On this episode (11/4 air date), Ben is joined by Blair duQuesnay to discuss saving for a downpayment, portfolio allocation, ESOPs, and more! Submit your questions to askthecompoundshow@gmail.com and tune in every Thursday at 11:00am to watch the show...

Welcome to Portfolio Rescue, an all-new show from The Compound where Ben Carlson and special guests answer your questions on investing and finance! On the inaugural episode (10/28 air date), Ben is joined by Bill Sweet to discuss risk tolerance, investing in real estate, and what to do after you've maxed out contributions to your Roth IRA. Submit your questions to askthecompoundshow@gmail.com and...

"Day after day, an endless firehose of news and punditry and data and noise. All of which, not coincidentally, actually confirm the original thesis that inflation caused by disrupted supply chains and vaccinated post-pandemic reopening would send prices spiking before they fell back to normal." - Barry Ritholtz For more visit: The Big Picture For disclosure information please visit: https://rithol...

"Said differently: Supply chain price increases tend to be temporary, but productivity gains stick around." - Barry Ritholtz For more visit: The Big Picture For disclosure information please visit: https://ritholtzwealth.com/blog-disclosures/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua Brown and Ben Carlson were joined on a special edition of Live From The Compound by Ed Yardeni of Yardeni Research to talk about his new book In Praise of Profits! For more visit: YouTube For more disclosure information please visit: https://ritholtzwealth.com/blog-disclosures/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...

"It is truly astonishing how many of the things we take for granted are simply untrue. Much of our investment beliefs (indeed, our lives) are based on thinking things that turn out to be either unproven or outright false." - Barry Ritholtz For more visit: The Big Picture For disclosure information please visit: https://ritholtzwealth.com/blog-disclosures/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

"I am genuinely perplexed every time I hear someone compare the current circumstances of employment and prices to the stagflation era of the 1970s." - Barry Ritholtz For more visit: The Big Picture For disclosure information please visit: https://ritholtzwealth.com/blog-disclosures/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...

"The Zeitgeist passes, but the shrieking headlines remain. Is it any wonder that investors can get confused?" - Barry Ritholtz For more visit: The Big Picture For disclosure information please visit: https://ritholtzwealth.com/blog-disclosures/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The simplest analogy to differentiate between fast risk and slow risk is heroin vs. cigarettes. Heroin is fast risk. Cigarettes are slow risk. Heroin tends to kill people quickly (especially in the event of an overdose), while cigarettes tend to kill people slowly." - Nick Maggiulli For more visit: Of Dollars and Data For disclosure information please visit: https://ritholtzwealth.com/blog-disclo...

"I am not blasé about inflation risks, and I can see where reasonable people can disagree. But on balance, we must consider the totality of the circumstances." - Barry Ritholtz For more visit: The Big Picture For disclosure information please visit: https://ritholtzwealth.com/blog-disclosures/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...

"These days, the labor market is even more unusually dynamic than typical. It is not an exaggeration to suggest it is in the midst of a radical transformation." - Barry Ritholtz For more visit: The Big Picture For disclosure information please visit: https://ritholtzwealth.com/blog-disclosures/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

"You probably have not realized we are in a golden age of innovation for investors and financial transactions. All of these little changes over 50 years are hardly noticeable. But your grandfather at 25-years old would not recognize what a bank is today; he probably would not understand your brokerage account or portfolio. It is so futuristic as to be nearly alien." - Barry Ritholtz For more visit...

"A one-sided market leads people to engage in increasingly risky behavior (rather than throttling back). This is what I call the earthquake insurance problem: After a big temblor, earthquake insurance sales spike — just as the odds of another quake go down precipitously." - Barry Ritholtz For more visit: The Big Picture For disclosure information please visit: https://ritholtzwealth.com/blog-discl...

"A snapshot of the economy at any given moment reveals billions of transactions, each with endless decisions behind them. Try as you will, it is all but impossible to find that one crucial decision that led to an epic crash or systemic failure." - Barry Ritholtz For more visit: The Big Picture For disclosure information please visit: https://ritholtzwealth.com/blog-disclosures/ Hosted on Acast. Se...

"There are plenty of worst-case scenarios to consider if that is your preferred poison. Evolution has primed your brain to identify possible threats to your survival, hence our focus on the negative. But suppress that inherent bias for a few moments to try a simple thought experiment of inversion." - Barry Ritholtz For more visit: The Big Picture For disclosure information please visit: https://ri...

"The good thing is no one has life completely figured out. There are workaholics who have miserable personal lives. There are people with great social lives who hate their job. People who take too much risk put themselves in the position to lose it all someday. People who don’t take enough risk are missing out on the joys of compounding." - Ben Carlson For more visit: A Wealth of Common Sense For...

"This week was the 8th anniversary of RWM’s launch. This time of year usually leads me to think about the circumstances surrounding our beginning." - Barry Ritholtz For more visit: The Big Picture For disclosure information please visit: https://ritholtzwealth.com/blog-disclosures/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

"Compound returns are the 9th Wonder of the World. I truly believe that. But they take time, an entire lifetime, to become a wonder. The path along the way is boring on most days. I liken it to watching paint dry. It seems like nothing is happening and the market is going sideways." - Blair duQuesnay For more visit: The Belle Curve For disclosure information please visit: https://ritholtzwealth.co...

"As a consumer of news and entertainment, I cannot help but notice the similarity between various storylines that seem to get told again and again. It is especially true in the world of finance, where the combination of vast sums of money and basic human emotions lead to the same plots repeating." - Barry Ritholtz For more visit: The Big Picture For disclosure information please visit: https://rit...

In this special episode of The Goldmine you can hear Ritholtz Wealth Management CEO Joshua Brown talk about the firm's recent 'renaissance.' For more visit: The Reformed Broker For disclosure information please visit: https://ritholtzwealth.com/blog-disclosures/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"In a career filled with other bad trades, missed opportunities and judgment errors, some decisions stand out, not just for the lost money, but for the lessons learned." - Barry Ritholtz For more visit: The Big Picture For disclosure information please visit: https://ritholtzwealth.com/blog-disclosures/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices....

"The moves that we’re seeing are absolutely mind-bending and are creating an unquantifiable amount of FOMO. If this is weighing on you, you are not alone." - Michael Batnick For more visit: The Irrelevant Investor For disclosure information please visit: https://ritholtzwealth.com/blog-disclosures/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

"Build your skillstack: Just because you finished your formal education does not mean you are finished learning. Education truly begins when you start working in the real world." - Barry Ritholtz For more visit: The Big Picture For disclosure information please visit: https://ritholtzwealth.com/blog-disclosures/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad...