Barry Ritholtz, Columnist

How to Tell the Bulls From the Bears

The same set of facts and events can be seen in very different ways.

October 27, 2017 at 3:08 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.”

In endless conflict.
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