American people Quote by Richard Grasso

If you were at Lehman, the same thing happened. If you were at AIG, the shareholders are getting creamed on these things. And those…

— Warren Buffett

A company has only so much money and managerial time. Winning leaders invest where the payback is the highest. They cut their losses everywhere…

— Jack Welch

Remember Circuit City? Bear Stearns? Lehman Brothers? Sports Authority? Once, all were billion-dollar companies - then gone in a moment. The fatal problem might…

— Steve Bannon

To a large extent, equity investors put their hard-earned capital into the hands of management and count on it being employed skilfully and honestly.…

— Whitney Tilson

“Our corporate executives speculate with their shareholders’ assets because they get big personal rewards when they win—and even if they lose, they are often…

— Edward O. Thorp

In truth, it's not the shareholders of the American International Group who benefited most from its bailout; they were mostly wiped out. The great…

— Tyler Cowen

The days of CEOs getting rich while shareholders lose has got to end. Management must be accountable.

— John Paulson

I presumably lost $150,000 in the depression of 1937—on my one stock investment—because I did everything Lehman Brothers told me. I said, well, this…

— Studs Terkel

Observation over many years has taught us that the chief losses to investors come from the purchase of low-quality securities at times of good…

— Benjamin Graham

The majority of unskilled investors stubbornly hold onto their losses when the losses are small and reasonable. They could get out cheaply, but being…

— William O'Neil

Management has failed miserably at creating increased value for shareholders. Indeed, despite some recent short-term gains, which actually only put us back where we…

— Roy O. Disney

The single biggest reason companies fail is they overinvest in what is, as opposed to what might be.

— Gary Hamel