Barry Ritholtz, Columnist

Burton Malkiel's Random Walk

If you can't beat the market, try to match it.

April 5, 2017 at 2:43 PM UTC

Barry Ritholtz is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is chairman and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management, and was previously chief market strategist at Maxim Group. He is the author of “Bailout Nation.”

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