Ron Chernow : (7) " I always sympathize with people who complain about the length of my books. It would take me a year to get through one of them. " - Ron Chernow " Ultimately, the appraisal of Grant’s presidency rests upon posterity’s view of Reconstruction. " - Ron Chernow " Mutual funds give people the sense that they’re investing with the big boys and that they’re really not at a disadvantage entering the stock market. " - Ron Chernow " Once the brokerage house, rather than the bank, became the locus for American savings, that money would find its way into the stock market, because the broker was someone with a much higher tolerance for risk than the banker. " - Ron Chernow " Hamilton was extremely combative. Not only was he combative, but he also overreacted to anything he perceived as a threat or a criticism. " - Ron Chernow " That strategy of buy and hold, which is the sound and sensible one for the individual, can have very dangerous and perverse effects for the market as a whole. " - Ron Chernow " As a bull market continues, almost anything you buy goes up. It makes you feel that investing in stocks is a very easy and safe and that you’re a financial genius. " - Ron Chernow