We judged that a sudden, disorderly failure of Bear would have brought with it unpredictable but severe consequences for the functioning of… — Timothy Geithner Copy Share Image
If we observe the performance of only those funds that remain active, we will tend to find that the average performance of… — Robert Haugen Copy Share Image
Investors... can't pick stocks that are better than average. Stocks are a good thing to own over time. There's only two things… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Second of all, I don't think Wall Street is doing what it's supposed to be doing, even after the shameful performance of… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
Speculative stock movements are carried too far in both directions, frequently in the general market and at all times in at least… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
You've got to be very insightful about your brand, who you are, and what you mean to people. You've got to be… — Frances Allen Copy Share Image
“From 2006 to 2008, high-frequency traders’ share of total U.S. stock market trading doubled, from 26 percent to 52 percent—and it has… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Learn the lessons of history. Don't let how you feel about your tenure at your organization drive you to make poor investment… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I pretty much believe, as everyone in the B Team does, that business must succeed beyond the bottom line. More important than… — Guilherme Leal Copy Share Image
Any time you speak to people about their posture, you learn about their most recent investment activity. When someone just bought stocks,… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
A file-sharing service and a hedge fund are essentially the same things. In both cases, there's this idea that whoever has the… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
The securities laws of the 1930s were so important because it forced companies to file registration statements and issue prospectuses, and it… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
If you look back historically at the post-WWII period on average, if you get a 100-basis-point increase in Fed funds, the spillover… — Gary Shilling Copy Share Image
However, in spite of the general perception that monetary policy should be conducted so as to avert deflation, a central bank cannot… — Toshihiko Fukui Copy Share Image
If you have credit card debt and credit card companies continue to close down the cards, what are you going to do?… — Suze Orman Copy Share Image
While markets are supposed to ensure transparency by showing orders to everyone simultaneously, flash orders are currently allowed because of a loophole… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
I may play a total madman on TV, but I'm really just a very unbalanced guy at home. However, when it comes… — Jim Cramer Copy Share Image
The financial crisis and the Great Recession demonstrated, in a dramatic and unmistakable manner, how extraordinarily vulnerable are the large share of… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
Macro-trading requires a high degree of skill, focus and repetition. Life events, such as birth, divorce, death of a loved one and… — Paul Tudor Jones Copy Share Image
The speculators deadly enemies are: Ignorance, greed, fear and hope. All the statute books in the world and all the rules of… — Edwin Lefevre Copy Share Image
Famous pivot stories are often failures but you don't need to fail before you pivot. All a pivot is is a change… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
A lot of people have fancy things to say about customer service, but it's just a day-in, day-out, ongoing, never-ending, persevering, compassionate… — Christopher McCormick Copy Share Image
I was Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. As you know, there are twelve banks and they have their… — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
We are in effect making a - to some extent, making a choice between future inflation and getting our - getting off… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
At equal returns, public investments are generally superior to private investments not only because they are more liquid but also because amidst… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Going public for the sake of going public is not really an optimal thing. You're going public because as a company you… — Jeff Weiner Copy Share Image
If you look at the Internet, the vast majority of start-ups are not successful. But the ones that are, are very very… — Evan Williams Copy Share Image
If you're looking for investment you've got to think about what the investor gets from being involved with your business. A lot… — Deborah Meaden Copy Share Image
Random distributions are not good things, because people are risk-averse, and this risk adversely affects their welfare. If you get too much… — Edward C. Prescott Copy Share Image
Move your personal investments and retirement funds to socially responsible investment (SRI) funds that support only those corporations that uphold higher standards… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
“Salespeople who don’t have a clear mental picture of the “path to a sale” or can’t articulate their sales process usually struggle… — Mike Weinberg Copy Share Image
Full service brokers, in this day and age of low cost mutual funds and discount brokers, are really nothing more than machines… — Joel Spolsky Copy Share Image
“The collective value of a typical venture capital portfolio will go down before it goes up—the pattern is called the J curve—because… — Randall E. Stross Copy Share Image
Market prices for stocks fluctuate at great amplitudes around intrinsic value but, over the long term, intrinsic value is virtually always reflected… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Has anyone actually asked the customer if they want to have something available directly after the show? You hear that three bags… — Marco Bizzarri Copy Share Image
People who tend to invest are either going to invest in something where you're raising $5 million or they're going to invest… — David Plotz Copy Share Image
Abbott Labs absolutely are on the mend. You were able to buy 15 percent growth over the last five, 10 and 20… — David L. Katz Copy Share Image
“Too many salesmen, I found, would make a good presentation and convince the client, but they couldn’t recognize that critical moment when… — Ray Kroc Copy Share Image
It may seem premature, but you need to be thinking of your exit from the moment you accept capital, because at that… — Neil Blumenthal Copy Share Image
You're headed in the right direction when you realize the customer viewpoint is more important than the company viewpoint. It's more productive… — John Romero Copy Share Image
