Earnings Whisperer Gifts

'So that's why your stock sells at 36,000 times earnings.'

Golly, �1m a year isn't too much. I don't know why your shareholders don't understand you.

I hope a starting salary of 80 and a severance of 12 is acceptable....

The Department of Blind-Side Bias, Knowledge Gaps and Really Great Coffee.

'If he knows so much about stocks and shares, how come he still has to work?'

Rich man vomiting euros to a beggar.

"If I made as much as him, I could retire in a couple of days"

You can breed these if the environment is right.

'Mr. Dunbarter, your fantasy that 'greed is good' may be a case of economic insanity.'

'Need I tell you the name of the game?'

'I'll need more than I can spend.'

"I'm allergic to money. But luckily they've got antihistamines for that."

'It's easy, Greg. Just get in touch with your inner regional sales manager.'

'If we're going to have a banking relationship, you'll have to trust me more than this.'

"Do you swear to calm the jittery financial markets, all the jittery financial markets and nothing but the jittery financial markets, so help you God?"

'Looks like the perfect time to bring in our profit sharing scheme.'

'That's true son..Money can't buy happiness. But it makes being unhappy a little easier to live with.'

"Money is life's report card."

"If you really must know, Junior, yes, you were a market correction."

"A man never stands so tall, son, as when he stoops to pick up a quarter."

'Now go out there and sell yourself!'

"Which tax bracket are you looking to avoid?"

'Don't worry about making your will, Miss Moneybags leave everything to me. . .'

'Hold on there Jethro! You know I don't tolerate that kind of horseplay in this joint.'

"I know your dad's a hedge fund manager, Amber, but you don't need a bigger piece of paper to draw a picture of your house."

'For the economy to improve we're counting on a 'trickle down' from the super-wealthy to the wealthy.'

"I've found that when money starts talking, you can't shut 'er up!"

"Want to trade banks with me?"

"After viewing your current account balance, I think you should read the sign."

'Frankly, I don't see a problem. By its very nature inherited wealth entitles you to be second-rate.'

'It's the first dollar earned and the only one, I might say, that hasn't been working for me!'

Undisclosed amounts

"Investment strategy - fear."

"If you can't take it with you, this must be Hell."

"He said he can't complain. Business is good."