Financial Critique Fan T-Shirts

"Our studies have shown that 'nature' and 'nuture' are both important but nothing like as important as a trust fund!"

Eighty, eighty five, ninety, ninety five and five makes a pound.

Illustration to Punch Commerce Section

"The Net National Product rose slightly last month."

"Gentlemen, I'm pleased to say the firm is perfectly positioned to avoid chapter eleven and still be in existence this time next year."

LEMONADE 50 CENTS, 'I'm only seven years old -- I don't HAVE a credit rating yet!'

All bets are off as Round One begins in the "Dollars versus Donuts" World Championship title fight.

European currency on the edge.

'I'm sorry I missed your recital. Daddy was on the phone with his broker, checking on bond yields. It's another form of bonding, son.'

"I made money the old fashioned way. I inherited it."

Economy - USA.

What do you suggest we do about this?

'well of course I'm giving your portfolio the attention it deserves, I'm even wearing a black armband!'

Man pushing Euro sign up a hill.

'I enjoy the old-fashioned pleasures - a walk on the beach, plain food and piles of cash.'

"Our initial public offering, .... The public has gotten wind of it!"

'I wonder how the economy is doing.'

'Of course I'm squirreling away money!'

"You never actually own a pension pot - you merely look after it for the next government."

Greek Crisis

Golden parachutes inc. - 'Our pleas for bail-out funds were ignored.'

'We've gone to profit-sharing. But it's with the IRS.'

'Some mistakes are too much fun to make only once.'

'So, a bailout is like a Ponzi scheme for automakers?'

'You go without me. I'm feeling a little down today.'

'This app is linked to my financial advisor and provides stimulated hand-holding when the market is down.'

Piggy Bank Coin I.V.

'And this just in from the stock market... buy, sell, buy, sell, buy, sell, buy!'

'Stocks rose on news that '90% of success is just being there.''

IRS: The country is broke, but your taxes cannot be construed as 'Charity to the Poor'.

"Good news on Wall Street today"

Shareholders Meeting - We will be paying a dividend but I will not be announcing it here.

'In today's market news, losers outnumbered those who were wiped out.'

'How much did you save this year?'

Trickledown economics