“Goldman Sachs and other investment banks understood the ensuing problem so well that they began betting against the very mortgage-backed securities they… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
Foremost is the principle that the purpose of consumer research is to understand the customer's needs and wishes, and thus design product… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
“Margin,” Swenson says, “is the space between our load and our limits.” 9 Planning for margin means planning for the unplannable. It… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
When marketers influence habits, they influence peoples' self-identity. And so when a group or company does something that doesn't correspond to our… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
It's not a stretch to say the whole financial industry revolves around the compass point of the absolutely safe AAA rating. But… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
It's bad enough that you have to take market risk. Only a fool takes on the additional risk of doing yet more… — William J. Bernstein Copy Share Image
The wisest rule in investment is: when others are selling, buy. When others are buying, sell. Usually, of course, we do the… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
“Buffett asserted that the tendency to project out very high rates of growth has caused investors to lose tons of money. The… — Daniel Pecaut Copy Share Image
A product is most easily sold when it has an identity. So they wrap you all up and put a label on… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
Monetary policy ultimately must be conducted in a pragmatic manner that relies not on any particular indicator or model but, instead, reflects… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
When somebody asserts that a stock has an earning power of so much, I am sure that the person who hears him… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
A lot of great fortunes in the world have been made by owning a single wonderful business. If you understand the business,… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Following an extended boom in housing, the demand for homes began to weaken in mid-2005. By the middle of 2006, sales of… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
But whatever the consensus on the EMH, I know of no serious academic, professional money manager, trained security analyst, or intelligent individual… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
One of the big problems with growth investing is that we can't estimate earnings very well. I really want to buy growth… — David Dreman Copy Share Image
“notably the 1999 repeal of the US Glass–Steagall Act – allowed commercial banks to become investment banks as well. In addition to… — Robert Skidelsky Copy Share Image
A number of former Wells Fargo employees have described their work environment characterized by intense pressure to meet aggressive and unrealistic sales… — Richard Shelby Copy Share Image
“To quote the late John Templeton, “Bull-markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria. The… — David Skarica Copy Share Image
“The longer the bull market lasts the more severely investors will be affected with amnesia; after five years or so, many people… — Benjamin Graham^David L.Dodd Copy Share Image
All you need for a lifetime of successful investing is a few big winners, and the pluses from those will overwhelm the… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
A successful business must have a sound knowledge of its market and work on how its product or service will be different,… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Nearly everyone interested in common stocks wants to be told by someone else what he thinks the market is going to do.… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
I don't think I have ever learnt a difficult lesson. Probably sports betting, which I have lost money on. I did lose… — Giles Coren Copy Share Image
Anybody who is an entrepreneur is a person who essentially has impaired judgment. The odds of success are zilch. This valley is… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
There are too many unpredictable things that can happen within two months. To me, the ideal trade lasts ten days, but I… — Linda Bradford Raschke Copy Share Image
The principles of successful stock speculation are based on the supposition that people will continue in the future to make the mistakes… — Edwin Lefevre Copy Share Image
I think Buffett is a better investor than me because he has a better eye toward what makes a great business. And… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
When you create a business, you create something that improves the life of your customer, of another person, maybe of ten people,… — Paul Zane Pilzer Copy Share Image
The S&P is up 343.8 percent for 10 years. That is a four-bagger. The general equity funds are up 283 percent. So… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
“People have come to the erroneous conclusion that if they’re not willing to start something separate, world-changing, and risky, they have no… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Most successful entrepreneurs share their knowledge as a way of giving back. They do not demand compensation. Those who do are usually… — Vivek Wadhwa Copy Share Image
To be successful, you don't have to have all this crazy start-up capital or a ton of knowledge. I think it's actually… — Lauren Bush Copy Share Image
Marketing today is much more like sailing than driving. Your boat is the brand. If you point your boat in the right… — Steve Rubel Copy Share Image
Avoid greed and fear. These are the investor's Achilles heels. Keeping all your money in the bank earning 3% interest is just… — Nancy Dunnan Copy Share Image
It's not about me, it's about you, the customer. And if I am effective in making what I do about you, and… — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
The New Zealand dollar continues to find friends. The less negative tone of the most recent economic data and a growing realization… — Danica Hampton Copy Share Image
“A high-quality asset can constitute a good or bad buy, and a low-quality asset can constitute a good or bad buy. The… — Howard Marks Copy Share Image
If you're a marketer who doesn't know how to invent, design, influence, adapt, and ultimately discard products, then you're no longer a… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
History teaches that when valuations are extreme, "mean reversion," a move towards historical norms, is likely. Once value stocks turn, the recovery… — Robert D. Arnott Copy Share Image
