Economic Trend Enthusiast Gifts

'Today, emerging market funds rose on news the American dream is alive and well in Thailand, Singapore, China. . .'

'Less spare change under the cushion is my leading economic indicator!'

"I'm sorry, Mr. Gurkenman...you're a victim of galloping inflation."

'I'm sure that one wasn't there last week.'

"Tariffs love me...tariffs love me not..."

"DeepSeek" "Stargate"

Entering the Business Community: Assets/Liabilities

"Unfortunately, the consumer was not as demanding as we had hoped."

"Do you promise to love, honour and contribute to the gross national product?"

"We were able to retire 6 years early by canceling cable & eliminating anything fun."

"The economy always seems to be recovering, but it never recovers."

'...And here we have the 'Laugher Curve.''

"I'm sorry, but my costs were way out of control."

Annual profits,

'The good news is, we did as well as expected last quarter. The bad news is, we didn't expect to do too well.'

"O.K. he's a billionaire, but how much of it is in cash?"

Thanks to the financial business scientists know it for sure now - Black Holes really exist!

'He's downgrading the credit agencies.'

"Basically, your new job here at the Treasury Department implementing the bailout is simple, Grayson, just grab and armful of money and run..."

G7 Summit Concern

"It's time to retire the word 'profit'."

Fiscal cliff - US dollar falling over the edge.

Economy - USA.

Crony Capitalism (Always Follow the Money Trail)

Slipping and sliding down the slope...

'I'd like to explain my ideas for economy within the company.'

I'm over-educated and under-employed. That's why there's no MIDDLE class anymore.

The Greek Trampoline

"It looks like a perfectly balanced system to me."

'The Great Depression? Didn't they have Prozac then?'

"For details on the bear market, here's a bear..."

'This is where I hang out until bullishness makes a comeback.'

'It's cheaper than gas.'

"Maybe the unseen hand of the market will change the diaper."

Bernard Madhoff $50-billion Ponzi financial scheme.