Financial Formula Buff Pillows

". . . and this, my young friends, is the Basell II ratings-based formula to calculate capital levels for retail credit."

"Welcome to the bank - you'll start at the bottom."

Large Dollar Sign Office Block

Mario Draghi

'As you can see by the pie chart, most of our expenses go to well, pie.'

'The good news is I had a very good year.'

'Greek debt was downgraded for the 11th time this week, by S&P, to P.O.S. Negative Infinity, meaning it's safer to eat uranium, than own Greek debt.'

Squirrel putting nuts in a safe box.

'I'm not too sure about that.'

'Don't bother cleaning out your desk. We'll be hiring you back as a consultant for half the salary and no benefits.'

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

"He'll do anything to say in power."

Shareholders Meeting: 'Mr Kenny will now take friendly fire from the audience.'

"They've made these fund prospectuses much easier to read." Brochure states; 'Give us all your money and get lost."

'The bad news is that we lost a lot of money last quarter... The good news is that it was a record.'

Dow Jones drop

"Comparing our salaries with the workers' salaries makes me cry...with laughter!"

'Stand back! All he needs is an injection of long-term capital.'

"Nice work on that German contract. You've made your mark, Ashworth."

'...and this time Gerald, don't refer to the RBS as the Ripoff Bonus Scheme!'

Bank cashier sits near sign: 'Please do not ask for credit, as refusal often offends'.

"I don't like the look of this."

Standard & Poor

'All those in favor of requesting a government bailout, say 'Karl Marx'.'

The symbol for the euro (?) depicted as the wheel of a wheelchair, symbolising the state of the currency

"We do have faith but I'm afraid our policy is still not to accept Bitcoin."

"Don't worry! He's totally changed..."

Spanish bank needs propping up.

Sales Chart: Boomerangs LTD

I brake for federal bailouts.

A man is selling, 'Cameron voodoo dolls', outside of job centre.

There will be no economics report...our economics reporter got caught in the tech carnage...

"I rob from the poor and give to the rich."

'I love it when you talk big bucks, Mr. Williams.'