Economics Gifts

"On Wall Street today, news of lower interest rates sent the stock market up, but then the expectation that these rates would be inflationary sent the market down, until the realization that lower rates might stimulate the sluggish economy pushed the mark

"Most of what I want this year is listed on the Nasdaq."

Hour of rising vs worm acquisition.

"And this is where we adjust the interest rate."

"Right now I think the wisest strategy is to diversify among your mattresses."

"There, there it is again - the invisible hand of the marketplace giving us the finger."

"Now we just have to sit back and wait for the Fed to bail us out."

"I'm getting subtle hints of what the Fed might do."

'Was it Nietzsche who said, whatever doesn't kill your portfolio makes it stronger?'

"How do you stay so calm about the stock market?"

Humpty Dumpty sat on a Wall Street

'The Overthrow of the Erie Ring'

ChairWOman of the Federal Reserve.

"What should you do? Here's what you should do: invent a time machine, go back sixteen months, and convert everything to cash."

'Now think, Harris, what did you do different on that day?'

"On Wall Street today, the stock market corrected its previous correction, and is pretty sure it's got it right this time."

Card section: Condolence (real estate).

"But on the positive side, money can't buy happiness, so who cares?"

'Basically it's a stock that if a chain of near miraculous events would happen to occur, you'd make a bundle.'

'And, unfortunately, accounting is reporting that 'enough' is no longer enough.'

'What's your money doing on the Virgin Islands?'

How To Deal With The Upcoming Recession, Inflation, Depression, Ice Age, Greenhouse Effect, Energy Crunch, Population Explosion, and Complete End of the World in the Year 2000.

"I've hedged against inflation and I've hedged against deflation, but price stability could knock me for a loop."

'You talked about 'Fannie Mae' in your sleep again!'

"Son, you're old enough now for The Talk: everything you need to know about compound interest."

Had volumes of data at my fingertips and still didn't see this one coming.

"Analysts blamed the market's volatility on computer-directed trading while computers blamed it on analyst-directed trading."

"There is only one explanation..."

'Interest rates are up. Should that concern us?'

"You have to declare what you rob from the rich, but you can deduct what you give to the poor."

"Today on Wall Street, yesterday's panic selling was replaced by panic buying."

'We've had to scale down a few things on the farm.'

News on television: 'On Wall Street, stocks rebounded on news that 'up' and 'down' are just states of mind.'

'I led a long and happy life. Twenty business cycles.'

Dollar: Warning - May cause excessive greed, loss of human empathy and disregard for vital environmental systems.