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BARRY L. RITHOLTZ is a frequent commentator on CNBC and a regular guest on Kudlow & Company, Fast Money, Power Lunch, and Morning Call. He has guest-hosted Squawk Box on numerous occasions, and also appears regularly on Bloomberg, Fox, and PBS'. Mr. Ritholtz was profiled in the Wall Street Journal's Quite Contrary column (August 3, 2004; Page C3). His market perspectives are quoted regularly in the Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Forbes, Fortunes, and other print media.

He is the author of the forthcoming book" Bailout Nation: How Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy," to be published in January 2009 by McGraw Hill.

Mr. Ritholtz' blog The Big Picture (http://www.ritholtz.com/blog) is one of the most popular financial sites on the web. The Big Picture covers Macro Economics, Investing Psychology, Trading and everything in between. The blog has quickly amassed over 30 million visitors amd 40 million page views.



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Media accolades have poured in for The Big Picture from the NYTimes ("Trenchant economic commentary") and the Wall Street Journal ("What the In-Crowd Knows). The Journal cited The Big Picture as the Economic "Blog Insiders Read to Stay Current;" Nouriel Roubini called it "A beam of enlighted thinking in a sea of delusional complacency." CNBC's Larry Kudlow described it as "very helpful and addictive -- the best stock market blog there is." Numerous traffic sites rank The Big Picture as the most trafficked Markets/Economic's blog on the web.

He is deeply honored to be the dedicatee of the The 2007 Stock Trader's Almanac's 40th Anniversary edition.

Mr. Ritholtz day job is CEO and Director of Equity Research at FuisonlQ, an online quantitative research firm. Recently, Mr. Ritholtz was Chief Market Strategist for Maxim Group a New York Investment bank, managing over $5 Billion in clients assets. Applying his model to the broader investing environment, Mr. Ritholtz wrote weekly Market Commentary for the firm's brokers and institutional clientele.

Mr. Ritholtz also authors the popular" Apprenticed Investor" column at TheStreet.com, a series geared towards educating novice and intermediate investors. Mr. Ritholtz also publishes more formal analyses, often at The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and ReaIMoney.com.