Michael Batnick is an American author, blogger, and Chartered Financial Analyst from Merrick, New York. He runs the daily online blog the irrelevant investor, where he aims to educate people about investing. He is also a co-host of two weekly financial podcasts, Animal Spirits and The Compound and Friends.[1]

Michael Batnick
Born
Occupation(s)Financial analyst
Author
Blogger
Notable workBig Mistakes: The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments
Websitetheirrelevantinvestor.com

In 2018, Batnick authored the book Big Mistakes: The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments.[2] In the book, Batnick describes the ways in which the big name investors like Warren Buffett and Bill Ackman have failed and talks about the lessons learned that shaped more successful strategies for them going forward.[3] Batnick is on the investment committee and is the director of research at Barry Ritholtz's Ritholtz Wealth Management LLC, a Registered investment adviser firm.[4]

Batnick has been featured in publications and media outlets, including CNBC,[5] Bloomberg,[6] Business Insider,[7] and Barron's.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Garmhausen, Steve. "Ritholtz's Batnick: Crushing It With Content". www.barrons.com. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  2. ^ "Big Mistakes: The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments | Wiley". Wiley.com. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  3. ^ "Batnick on his new book, 'Big Mistakes'". finance.yahoo.com. June 7, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  4. ^ "About Michael". The Irrelevant Investor. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  5. ^ Santoli, Michael (February 1, 2016). "Santoli: Bull market on sale for 2014 prices?". CNBC. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  6. ^ Kaissar, Nir (January 28, 2016). "Think You Can Time the Market?". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  7. ^ Lopez, Linette. "CHART: Why 2015 was another year to forget everything you thought you knew". Business Insider. Retrieved July 6, 2022.