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There are two brands of discontent: the brand that merely fosters greed and snarling and back-biting, and the brand that inspires greater… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
While the move to central clearing has made the system safer, we need to make sure that the central counterparties have the… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
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Strong credit markets give companies borrowing options to boost their stock prices while making bearish investors scramble to close out trades before… — Kelly Evans Copy Share Image
Close the weak banks and impose serious capital requirements on the strong ones...You see, it may sound hard-hearted, but you cannot keep… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
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By providing memorable social media customer service, companies not only create deeper connections with consumers, but they glean valuable insights on how… — Amy Jo Martin Copy Share Image
If you go back to the time of J.P. Morgan, the world of high finance was completely wholesale. The prestigious investment banks… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
It’s very important for entrepreneurs to be realistic. So if you believe on that first day while you’re writing the business plan… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
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I think the leading cause of financial disablement is the belief that you can rely on the experts to help you. Investing… — Michael Marcus Copy Share Image
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Look, don't congratulate us when we buy a company, congratulate us when we sell it. Because any fool can overpay and buy… — Henry Kravis Copy Share Image
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Some companies simply aren't meant to be bigger than they are. They provide products and services that satisfy their customers in a… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
I don't think you're going to have one bank. Big companies aren't going to give us all their business. So they can… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
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I don't think all the blame lies with Wall Street. I think a lot of the blame lies with the [George W.]… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Most people are great at absorbing information. Guerrilla marketing is needed because it gives small businesses a delightfully unfair advantage: certainty in… — Jay Conrad Levinson Copy Share Image
Bigger spreads mean bigger gaps between what buyers pay and sellers receive. For example, a spread of 10 cents a share means… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
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Banks are so protected from liability they would have to really do something that was their mistake in order for them to… — Frank Abagnale Copy Share Image
Owning a variety of asset classes means that some part of your portfolio will be doing well when the cyclical turmoil arises.… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
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For those of you who may be unaware, [Michael] Boskin is the economist/weasel/fraud who helped to officially distort the CPI, making it… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
You always get that one customer that decides that your name is boy. Or something. It certainly reinforces a respect I already… — Ryan Reynolds Copy Share Image
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Be realistic and truthful - and tell Hong Kong businessmen honestly that they should go for long-term investments since it is unlikely… — Zhu Rongji Copy Share Image
The big Wall Street firms, seemingly so shrewd and self-interested, had somehow become the dumb money. The people who ran them did… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
Most people have an aversion to risk, my college economics professor told me. Which means they have to be rewarded to take… — Michael Arrington Copy Share Image
![“I don't think all the blame lies with Wall Street. I think a lot of the blame lies with the [George W.] Bush administration. They went back to trickle-down economics. They took their eye off the mortgage market, they took their eye off the finance markets, and we ended up in a big mess.” quote by Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a1/hillary-clinton-51_administration_i-don-t-think-all-the-blame-lies-with-wa_3138053.jpg)
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