“One ratio that Buffett is known to track is the total market cap to GDP. Recently, it was at 125%, which is… — Daniel Pecaut Copy Share Image
Throughout the 19th century, when there was a laissez-faire mentality and insufficient regulation, you had one crisis after another. Each crisis brought… — George Soros Copy Share Image
If you spend your energies looking for and analysing situations not closely followed by other informed investors, your chance of finding bargains… — Joel Greenblatt Copy Share Image
We want these assets to be productive. We buy them. We own them. To say we care only about the short term… — Carl Icahn Copy Share Image
Successful investment may become substantially a matter of techniques and criteria that are learnable, rather than the product of unique and incommunicable… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
Competition is good for consumers for the simple reason that it compels producers to offer better deals - lower prices, better quality,… — John Vickers Copy Share Image
I find it very difficult to think of mistakes; not that I don't make any but because I was brought up to… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I think what the American people are going to see down the road is significant inflationary pressure as a result of all… — Bob Barr Copy Share Image
Over the years, I have found a way to use this business and this platform to talk with people about important issues.… — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve system obviously doesn't work anymore - they keep lowering the federal discount rate, and all that happens is that… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The technical explanation is that the market-sensitive risk models used by thousands of market participants work on the assumption that each user… — Avinash Persaud Copy Share Image
The best way to make a sale is to ask for ask for a date of beginning, or some type of commitment… — Jeffrey Gitomer Copy Share Image
We listen to the entrepreneur. We try to have a fine tuning fork to understand what they are saying and whether that… — David Sze Copy Share Image
What is a permanent loan but a mortgage upon the wealth and industry of the country? It is the only form of… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
An investor who proposes to ignore near-term market fluctuations needs greater resources for safety and must not operate on so large a… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
In our equities business, 49 of the 50 most important Lehman clients are back doing business with us. The flows are 75… — Bob Diamond Copy Share Image
... it's important to have the right monetary policy. It's important for, to have the right fiscal policy. But it's nowhere near… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
