Corporate-finance Quote by Michael Lewis

Prior to the 2008 recession, many financial institutions were engaging in 'proprietary lending,' where a bank would invest funds for its own gain instead…

— Seth Moulton

A stock certificate is not a tool, like a shovel, or a commodity, like a pound of cheese. What we sell a customer is…

— Jean Giraudoux

We are legitimate players in the financial services industry.

— Baiju Bhatt

The deal machinations many companies put themselves through, while certainly a bonanza for investment bankers, can confound the typical investor.

— Whitney Tilson

Of course, bankers were always interested in making money. But when bankers had clients, they bore some responsibility for the clients' welfare.

— Barry Schwartz

“The investment of money is a banker's business.”

— George Garr Henry

A vast industry of stockbrokers, financial planners, and investment advisers skims a fortune for themselves off the top in exchange for passing their clients'…

— Michael Lewis

Financiers live in a world of illusion. They count on something which they call the capital of the country, which has no existence.

— George Bernard Shaw

We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a 'romantic.'

— Warren Buffett

“lenders to trade their long-term income streams for short-term cash. Say”

— Matt Taibbi

“terms. The net effect is that I have created $30,000 in my asset column for which I am paid interest, just like a bank…

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

Be extra careful when buying into companies and industries that are the current darlings of the financial community.

— Philip Arthur Fisher