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Callie Cox
Chief Market Strategist,
Ritholtz Wealth Management
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About Callie
Callie Cox is the chief market strategist at Ritholtz Wealth Management and the author of OptimistiCallie, a newsletter of Wall Street-quality research for everyday investors. She’s passionate about teaching everyday investors the power of investing for their wallets and their lives. Prior to joining Ritholtz, Callie worked at eToro, Ally Invest, LPL Financial, TABB Group, and Bloomberg. Her work has been featured on CNBC, Bloomberg, the Financial Times, Yahoo Finance, and Barron's, among other publications. She frequently shares market analysis on Twitter at @callieabost.
Callie's Articles
Wall Street is feeling a rare sort of pain, yet our interest-rate superheroes at the Federal Reserve aren’t taking action. Since December, the Fed has been adamant about keeping interest rates relatively high as tariffs work their way through the economy and to our wallets. Don’t wait for the Fed to save you, advises Callie Cox, chief market strategist at Ritholtz Wealth Management.
One lesson you learn as you get older is how complicated the world can be. Financial decisions can’t be made on a spreadsheet. And even though the world may feel terrible, we’re still a long way away from the dreaded S&P 500 (SPX) “crashes” of old trader lore, observes Callie Cox, chief market strategist at Ritholtz Wealth Management.
A new year doesn’t magically change the calculus for your investments. But it’s a good time to pause, reflect, and set expectations. And expectations, my friends, may be our biggest pitfall in 2025. Face it. We’ve been spoiled, explains Callie Cox, chief market strategist at Ritholtz Wealth Management.
There are four words that strike fear into the heart of every Wall Street Brad, Chad, and Thad: “This time is different.” But Wall Street has a lot of silly rules, and the stigma around saying “this time is different” is among the silliest, writes Callie Cox, chief market strategist at Ritholtz Wealth Management.