Energy is the golden thread that connects economic growth…

As policymakers, we need to foster an environment that allows U.S.-based innovators and entrepreneurs to compete and to flourish. Excessive regulations and bureaucratic red…

— Ralph Hall

For equity markets, the combination of low interest rates, strong economic growth and low inflation has proved very beneficial, with global share markets rising…

— Ian Macfarlane

The Millennium Development Goals were a pledge to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity, and free the world from extreme poverty.…

— Ban Ki-moon

Cities can be the engine of social equity and economic opportunity. They can help us reduce our carbon footprint and protect the global environment.…

— Ban Ki-moon

Countries with more gender equality have better economic growth. Companies with more women leaders perform better. Peace agreements that include women are more durable.…

— Ban Ki-moon

Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace agreements that…

— Ban Ki-moon

I've heard that one-half of the students at elite schools want to go into private equity or hedge funds. They want to keep up…

— Charlie Munger

Investors, of course, can, by their own behavior make stock ownership highly risky. And many do. Active trading, attempts to "time" market movements, inadequate…

— Warren Buffett

A decline in the national housing price level would need to be substantial to trigger a significant rise in foreclosures, because the vast majority…

— Alan Greenspan

Not all private equity people are evil. Only some.

— Paul Krugman

The first major issue you need to consider when focusing on today's workers: You have to know what motivates them. If you think it's…

— Linda Rottenberg

When you consider the sheer magnitude of investable equities to choose from in the world's emerging markets, you realize that finding one that looks…

— Mark Mobius

The laws keep up their credit, not by being just, but because they are laws; 'tis the mystic foundation of their authority; they have…

— Michel de Montaigne

The basic idea of retirement income is, to me, to get a check, two checks every month, one from your fixed income and one…

— John C. Bogle

It's important that we educate Americans about how hedge funds and private equity play completely different roles.

— Stephen A. Schwarzman