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A corollary of post 32 by the good lady AaaaaaaaaaaaaliyaKhaaaaaaaan
The word crisis in Chinese is composed of two characters: the first, the symbol of danger... the second, of opportunity.
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"A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and for it back when it begins to rain."
-Robert Frost
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"Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement."
-Dan Quayle
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"If you owe the bank $100, that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million , that's the bank's problem."
- Jean Paul Getty
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The Economy of Fun!
The US has made a new weapon that destroys people but keeps the
building standing,. Its called the stock market - Jay Leno
Do you have any idea how cheap stocks are ?? Wall Street is now
being called Wal Mart Street - Jay Leno
The difference between a pigeon and a London investment banker. The
pigeon can still make a deposit on a BMW
What's the difference between a guy who lost everything in Las
Vegas and an investment banker ? A tie!
The problem with investment bank balance sheet is that on the left
side nothing's right and on the right side nothing's left.
I want to warn people from Nigeria who might be watching our show,
if you get any e mails from Washington asking for money, it's a scam.
Don't fall for it - Jay Leno
Bush was asked about the credit crunch. He said it was his
favourite candy bar - Jay Leno
The rescue bill was about 450 pages. President Obama's copy is even
thicker. They had to include pictures - Jay Leno
President Obama's response was to support some small business
owners in America. The small business owners are General Motors,
General Electric and Century 21. - Jay Leno
What worries me most about the credit crunch, is that if one of my
cheques is returned stamped 'insufficient funds'. I won't know
whether that refers to mine or the bank's.
NEW STOCK MARKET TERMS
CEO --Chief Embezzlement Officer.
CFO -- Corporate Fraud Officer.
BULL MARKET -- A random market movement causing an investor to mistake
himself for a financial genius.
BEAR MARKET -- A 6 to 18 month period when the kids get no allowance,
the wife gets no jewelry.
VALUE INVESTING -- The art of buying low and selling lower.
P/E RATIO -- The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the
market keeps crashing.
BROKER -- What my broker has made me.
STANDARD & POOR -- Your life in a nutshell.
STOCK ANALYST -- Idiot who just downgraded your stock.
STOCK SPLIT -- When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets
equally between themselves.
FINANCIAL PLANNER -- A guy whose phone has been disconnected.
MARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks.
CASH FLOW-- The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet.
YAHOO -- What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share.
WINDOWS -- What you jump out of when you're the sucker who bought
Yahoo @ $240 per share.
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR -- Past year investor who's now locked up in a nuthouse.
PROFIT -- An archaic word no longer in us.
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*“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” *
Thomas Edison
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"What ails the truth is that it is mainly uncomfortable, often dull. The human mind seeks something more amusing, and more caressing" H. L. Mencken
quoted in What works on wall street ch. 2 by O'Shaughnessy
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This quote amuses me every single time I read it:
"*Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work. *"
Robert Orben.
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"*Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.
*"
Colin Powell
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"Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverence"
Samuel Jackson
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These heroes of finance are like beads on a string; when one slips off, all the rest follow.