Who Quotes by Alex Berenson

8 Who quotes by Alex Berenson

Alex Berenson’s observations on personal accountability and public discourse are distilled into eight concise statements. This short collection offers a quick taste of his analytical approach.

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For chat-room tyros who expect to make their first million day-trading by age 27, paging through the Sunday newspaper with a pair…

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The Wahhabists are the boogeymen, the guys who will chop the head off any American they catch. And they will destroy Iraq…

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In the short run, using militias might be the quickest and easiest way to improve order on Iraq's streets and uproot the…

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Equity is the cushion that protects financial institutions from unexpected changes in the value of their assets. The greater the leverage, the…

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From 1983 to 2000, William Goren stole more than $30 million from investors on Long Island and in Queens. His favorite targets…

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After a generation of misrule under Mr. Hussein, who built a huge military infrastructure while neglecting civilian investment, and a dozen years…

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For investors who do want to speculate in high-yield bonds, one alternative may be a junk bond mutual fund, which can offer…

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In a Ponzi scheme, a promoter pays back his initial investors with money he has raised from new investors. Eventually, the promoter…

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Trust the Canadians to produce a game about mutual funds that is actually more boring than the real thing.

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The market always, in theory at least, looks ahead. And it's always trying to take in every bit of information that it can as…

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Individual income can grow only as fast as productivity rises.

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Mr. Snowden did not start out as a spy, and calling him one bends the term past recognition. Spies don't give their secrets to…

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As the Nasdaq soared in 1999 and early 2000, demand for many offerings far exceeded the supply of shares available at the initial offering price.

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Wal-Mart does not do big mergers, though it will buy much smaller competitors in so-called 'tuck-in acquisitions.'

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Many newly public companies are able to post a year or two of strong sales growth off a small base, but their growth almost…

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Business cycles lengthened greatly during the 20th century, as central banks learned to manage national economies by raising and lowering interest rates.

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