Joshua M. Brown

Joshua M. Brown is the CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management and a widely followed financial commentator. He is best known as "The Reformed Broker" and is a regular contributor to CNBC’s The Halftime Report. Brown has built a career on transparency, famously pivoting from a traditional stockbroker to a fee-only fiduciary who criticizes the conflicts of interest in the financial industry.\n\nHe is the author of You Weren't Supposed to See That and Backstage Wall Street. Brown combines deep market knowledge with a sardonic wit. He writes about the absurdity of financial forecasting and the importance of investor behavior. His work aims to protect individual investors from the hype machine of Wall Street, advocating for evidence-based investing and long-term discipline.