Finance : (179)

" I love talking about taxes. " - Michael Arrington

" You will not see, in my career, the kind of returns this industry had in 2005 and 2006 for a very simple reason – the banks were undercapitalized, and returns are a function of earnings and capital. " - James P. Gorman

" No 22-year-old should have to enter the real world already in a virtual debtors’ prison. " - Michael Moore

" I was doing a lot of great theatre, but I just couldn’t work out how to make ends meet. " - Toby Stephens

" Working families are central to our state’s success, and we need to do more to support their long-term financial stability. " - Ned Lamont

" Stock price multiples are negatively correlated with real interest rates. As interest rates rise, the market multiple will fall. " - Porter Stansberry

" I always wanted to be a golfer, only I realised that if I’d played golf I would have been skint. " - Alan Hansen

" I don’t use a debit card. The safest thing is a credit card because you’re using the bank’s money. If someone accesses your information, they are stealing the bank’s money, not yours. " - Frank Abagnale

" There are tons of examples of U.K. and European mistakes. A classic one is pensions. That’s obviously not an America-specific thing. The British and European economies are suffering under the weight of what is to come. The next great Ponzi scheme after Madoff is probably pensions. " - Dambisa Moyo

" If we hit the debt ceiling, that’s… essentially defaulting on our obligations, which is totally unprecedented in American history. The impact on the economy would be catastrophic. " - Austan Goolsbee