Barry Ritholtz is Chief Market Strategist for Ritholtz Research, an independent institutional research firm specializing in the analysis of macroeconomic trends and the capital markets. He is also President of Ritholtz Capital Partners, a New York hedge fund driven by the analysis performed by Ritholtz Research.

Mr. Ritholtz is a frequent contributor to many leading financial publications and writes The Big Picture, an insightful, popular and vibrant weblog.

Visit his blog: The Big Picture (http://bigpicture.typepad.com/)