Barry Ritholtz: A Financial Blogger with A difference
Barry Ritholtz is a blogger and a co-founder and chief Investment Officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management which was launched in 2013.
Barry Ritholtz is a regular commentator on many financial topics and on a number of occasions he has been named as one of the 15 Most Important Economic Journalists.
The Big Picture is the name of a blog written by Barry Ritholtz which attracts millions of views every month.
This blog covers topics such as investing, macroeconomics and trading. As a result of its popularity, the blog has attracted an excess of 130 million views.
Ritholtz is also a book writer. He wrote Bailout Nation published by Wiley in 2009. The blogger advises that people who have interests in many areas should consider blogging in Finance.
This requires bloggers to understand rigorous and disciplined trading. Ritholtz wakes up by 4:30 am to read, conduct research, organize and jot down great ideas which he uses in his blogs.
The Big Picture blog is a platform where I get data and information on the field of economics every day. The blogger does not fail me. He publishes blog articles every single day of the week throughout the year.
Below is a list of actions taken by Ritholtz to achieve success:
- Produced fresh content on economics and trading every day for 10 years
- Published relentlessly and regularly on his blog. He has written an excess of 30,000 articles since he started blogging.
- He is a publisher on numerous traditional media platforms such as Market Watch.
- Made media appearances on Television and Radio.
- He has appeared on a number of documentaries.
- He gained a lot of views through real time coverage of events.
- He is deeply knowledgeable on issues to do with trading, economics and quantitative statistics.
The story of Ritholtz is inspiring considering that he has never attended any Ivy League Colleges as is the case for many people around the world.
Ritholtz is a believer in meritocracy. He puts in all the efforts required to succeed in his career as a financial planner and asset manager.
Advice for upcoming bloggers:
- Be multi-talented
- Work harder than everyone else
- Identify areas you are very good at and focus on them
- In-depth reading through building a library on your area of specialization.
- Network, network, network every day
- Become a specialist in one important area
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