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Hi, and welcome to the Longview. I'm Amy Arnott, portfolio strategist for Morningstar.

And I'm Christine Ben's director of personal finance

and retirement planning for Morning Star.

Today on the podcast, we're welcoming Barry Riddholz.

He's co-founder, chairman, and chief investment officer

of Ritt Holtz Wealth Management,

a firm that was launched in 2013.

He's the creator and host of Masters in Business, one of the earliest finance-related

podcasts. He also regularly posts on the big picture, where he's been covering everything

investing related since 2003. He's the author of Bailout Nation and his latest book, How Not to Invest,

the ideas, numbers, and behaviors that destroy wealth and how to avoid them has just been

published. Barry, welcome to the Longview. Well, thank you so much for having me.

Well, it was the pleasure reading your book. It's very long, but there's a lot of great

content. I was highlighting things on almost every page, so it was really a fun read. I wanted to

start with some background on your career. You graduated from law school in 1989 and then started

on a trading desk in the mid-1990s.

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