Agora Financial Investment Symposium Presentation

By Barry Ritholtz - July 27th, 2011, 7:30AM

By popular request, you can find my presentation to the Agora conference in the Think Tank.

I am not sure how well it works as a stand alone PDF — I use each chart/table/cartoon as a leaping off point to explain a specific point or idea. Regular readers of The Big Picture will recognize most of these items and understand the narrative constructed from it.

At the presentation yesterday, the crowd seemed to enjoy it a great deal, and I think I found the right tone for the room.

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