Barry Ritholtz, Columnist

The Investing Pros and Cons of Trump

There's never been a commander-in-chief like Donald Trump. That makes it harder to know what to do.

In or out of the bubble?

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We all live in our own self-made bubbles. It is a never-ending effort to get outside that filter to find out what we might be missing. One way I try to do that is by listening to people who manage money for clients. It is always fascinating to learn what they are hearing from the front lines.

There are lots of topics that come up -- the Federal Reserve, interest rates, equity valuations and so on. But these days, nothing dominates the conversation so much as the surprising start of Donald Trump's presidency.