Financial Fox Prints

Internal Revenue Service.

Businessman in the bin.

"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."

"Work hard. Save money. Work hard. Save money. Work hard. Save money. Work hard. Save money. Yay!!! I died rich!"

Bank Loan Dept. Personal Business. Uh-oh, some loans have gone bad! A tennis pro defaulted and a novelist is in Chapter 7. The bed linens company folded and the scuba school went under! Are any of our loans still good? Yeah, the music streaming service is totally sound! And ironically, the lighting company is in the black!

Investments - remember, you are what you invest in!

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

"As the executor for your mother's estate, let me say that she loved each of you, but she also loved Las Vegas."

'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.'

European currency on the edge.

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

Piggy bank #6: Union Jack.

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

'If only I'd spent as much time on my investment portfolio as I did on my lolly mix when I was a kid.'

Economy - USA.

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

What do you suggest we do about this?

Soaring Profits

Man pushing Euro sign up a hill.

Department of efficiency and cost analysis.

STRIP Hambone: Sucidal computer over company balance sheets

A burgandy from when the dow hit a record high.

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

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

"I just need help getting started. A little seed money."

'I understand this was the day you seized, Ferguson?'

"We're always excited to hear from analysts who are bullish on the market."

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

'Of course I'm squirreling away money!'

'Hey -- No fair peeking!'

"Today stocks hit a new high, just as global doom and gloom hit a new low."

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

'Wait a minute....!

'I've crunched the numbers and you can afford to increase my allowance by 15.5%.'