What Barry Ritholtz is saying
Co-Founder & CIO, Ritholtz Wealth Management
6 dated public stances tracked since 2025-03-14, most recently 2026-08-25. Each line carries the date and the venue it came from; quotation marks mean verbatim. Methodology.
The stances below are c8alpha's editorial distillation of Barry Ritholtz's public commentary — television, podcasts, and interviews — compiled by automated transcript analysis and dated to the episode they came from. They may lag the speaker's current view and may contain extraction errors. Text in quotation marks is verbatim from the episode; everything else is our paraphrase. Barry Ritholtz is not affiliated with c8alpha and has not endorsed this page. Nothing here is investment advice.
Raw direction-aware returns on public statements — long calls credited when the price rose, shorts when it fell, shorts capped at −100% — in a rising market this mostly measures who was long, not who has skill. Returns run from the stance date; calls are rarely closed publicly, so fixed 90-day / 180-day / 1-year horizons are used. A horizon shows only once it has fully matured, and only at 5+ scored stances.
2026-08-25
TIPS
bullish
The Big Picture (Ritholtz) · article
Sticky inflation driven by tariffs and war makes inflation-protected bonds attractive as yields have risen materially from near-zero
“my preference is Munis and TIPs”
What’s Upsetting the Bond Market?
2026-08-25
MUNIS
bullish
The Big Picture (Ritholtz) · article
Higher yields now offer tax-advantaged income that is more compelling for investors in high tax brackets given elevated borrowing costs
“my preference is Munis and TIPs”
What’s Upsetting the Bond Market?
2025-03-21
BROAD EQUITY INDEX
bullish
Wealthion · video
Over 90% of active managers fail to beat their benchmark at 20 years and compounding at ~10% turns $1,000 into $32M over a century, making broad indexing the only rational core strategy for most investors
“guarantee yourself you'll get market returns over the Long Haul for much of your portfolio”
Barry Ritholtz: Why Most Investors Fail (And How to Win)
2025-03-14
SPX
bullish
Masters in Business · video
The real AI upside is the other 493 S&P 500 companies that will each adopt AI for productivity and profit gains, not the already-priced Mag7 leaders
“what makes AI so exciting isn't the Magnificent 7 it's the other 493 companies in the S&P 500”
90d +7.6% · 180d +16.6% · 1y +20.3%
Barry Ritholtz - How Not to Invest | Prof G Conversations
2025-03-14
China Equities
bearish
Masters in Business · video
Foreign investors are structurally second-class citizens in Chinese markets, and Chinese equities delivered essentially flat returns from 1989 to 2023 through two major global bull markets
“from 1989 to 2023 you're essentially flat in China”
90d +1.0% · 180d -7.0% · 1y -0.4%
Barry Ritholtz - How Not to Invest | Prof G Conversations
2025-03-14
AUSTRALIA EQUITIES
bullish
Masters in Business · video
Australia offers superior China-growth exposure by supplying energy and commodities to China without the structural risks of direct Chinese equity investment and government interference with foreign shareholders
“buying Australia who supplied a lot of energy a lot of Commodities a lot of things to China and did really well on a much more steady basis”
Barry Ritholtz - How Not to Invest | Prof G Conversations
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