The stock market is an exploitable market where being right means you get rich and you help the overall system error-correct which… — Dominic Cummings Copy Share Image
I have pledged - to you, the rating agencies and myself - to always run Berkshire with more than ample cash. We… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The increase in the assets of the Federal Reserve Banks from 143 Million dollars in 1913 to 45 Billion dollars in 1949… — Eustace Mullins Copy Share Image
Central banks need to be able to buy bonds if there are short-term malfunctions of the markets. But buying bonds without differentiation… — Lars Feld Copy Share Image
Speculators often prosper through ignorance; it is a cliché that in a roaring bull market knowledge is superfluous and experience is a… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
The customer deserves to receive exactly what we have promised to produce - a clean room, a hot cup of coffee, a… — Phil Crosby Copy Share Image
Launching a successful product or startup has little to do with luck. Any business that gains traction on the market is the… — Fabrizio Moreira Copy Share Image
The federal [bank deposit] insurance scheme has worked up to now simply and solely because there have been very few bank failures.… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Families rely on financial services more than ever, but those who need them most - who struggle to make ends meet -… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Many salespeople are trying to make their quota rather than developing a deeper belief in their product or service - and even… — Jeffrey Gitomer Copy Share Image
Apparently modern financial regulators are vastly more sophisticated than we were as financial regulators 25 years ago - because we had never… — William K. Black Copy Share Image
Companies are returning a lot of money to shareholders through dividends and buybacks. And a lot of people say that's not a… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
In this age of electronic money, investors are no longer seduced by a financial 'dance of a thousand veils.' Only hard and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A credit default swap was confusing mainly because it wasn't really a swap at all. It was an insurance policy, typically on… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
“This is the man who left the message,” said Campbell. “He sells questions.” “Actually, I’ve moved on from questions,” said the salesman.… — Gareth P. Jones Copy Share Image
I think the asset management industry, especially in the US, is going through a pretty tough time. If you talk to the… — Martin Gilbert Copy Share Image
An individual or a group of individuals might of course decide at any time that they would like to invest capital with… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
A minuscule 4 percent of funds produce market-beating after-tax results with a scant 0.6 percent (annual) margin of gain. The 96 percent… — David F. Swensen Copy Share Image
A good portfolio is more than a long list of good stocks and bonds. It is a balanced whole, providing the investor… — Harry Markowitz Copy Share Image
“need‐based segmentation is to understand the needs of customers and why they choose a company, whereas value‐based segmentation has to do with… — Gert Laursen Copy Share Image
There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
At many companies, business development is treated as a sales tool for incremental growth, but I believe that business development can bend… — Peggy Johnson Copy Share Image
Legendary service is one of the criteria that sets one company apart from its competitors. It's the mark of a truly authentic… — Kim Garst Copy Share Image
Startup stories are always smoother in the telling than they are in reality. A startup is not one, but a series of… — Anthony Goldbloom Copy Share Image
“Salespeople who are not proactively working a finite list of target accounts often find themselves in situations where they are late or… — Mike Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Our society today celebrates entrepreneurship way too much. It's great to be an entrepreneur. But it's also great to be an employee.… — Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth Copy Share Image
Unless an investor has access to “incredibly high-qualified professionals,” they “should be 100 percent passive - that includes almost all individual investors… — David F. Swensen Copy Share Image
If you need to put your money in a safe and secure place and you want it to earn interest, Treasury bonds… — Jim Cooper Copy Share Image
“Ultimately, the CCO is accountable for increasing the profitability of the firm’s customers, as measured by metrics such as customer lifetime value… — Harvard Business School Press Copy Share Image
“The [Motion Picture Production Code] took effect on March 31, 1930, 5 months too late to prevent the Wall Street Crash, but… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
People do dollar cost averaging because they have regret of making one big mistake. But the fact of the matter is that,… — Kenneth Fisher Copy Share Image
As an entrepreneur and a small business owner, you are intimately familiar with goals. You've dreamed of the 'right' ones, you've projected… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
We will never sell or have an IPO. What that does is suddenly flushes you with cash. It makes you now work… — Joel Salatin Copy Share Image
Most people will see declining returns [due to inflation]. One of the great defenses if you're worried about inflation is not to… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
If that's true and the rate stays like that for another 40 years, there's a good probability that somebody who is active… — Keith Anderson Copy Share Image
“An accurate opinion on valuation, loosely held, will be of limited help. An incorrect opinion on valuation, strongly held, is far worse.… — Howard Marks Copy Share Image
When investors, particularly investment bankers, talk about splitting up companies, there's a lot of discussion about multiple expansion, and the reality is… — Irene Rosenfeld Copy Share Image
Nobody can predict interest rates, the future direction of the economy or the stock market. Dismiss all such forecasts and concentrate on… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
The Lost Sale. The sale is lost more often than not due to a lack of patience. Pushy is not persuasive, true… — Bobby Compton Copy Share Image
Because financially capable consumers ultimately contribute to a stable economic and financial system as well as improve their own financial situations, it's… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image