Financial History Buff Gifts

Will .com for Food

'Remember how we used to put stuff on layaway?'

'Please bring me a copy of our 2004 annual report. I want to reminisce.'

Former Bank Names.

S & L Parade

Emblematic Print of the South Sea Bubble.

'It's called 'evolution'. People move from hunting and gathering food, to hunting and gathering stocks.'

"Do you remember how much money we had five years ago?"

Those who don't learn from the past are destined to relive it.

'Hold on to your Enron stock. It could become a valuable collector's item one day.'

Bank...formed 1893, merged 1971, saved by the Federal Government 1989.

'In Memory of Fred Frimkin -- Born: Dow 147, Died: Dow 10,715'.

'We're ahead of the game. We've lost nothing since we never had anything.'

No, I didn't know they were going to cut the office furniture budget in half.

"I’ve combined all your outstanding debt into what we here in the banking business like to call a honkin’ big loan."

"It creates the illusion of risk but you know you're perfectly safe."

'There's good news and bad news, J. B. - we now control 51% of this corporation's stock!'

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

"What's a debenture?"

A Q&A with President Obama over jobs

'Actually, accounting is an exact science.'

"You may have been the victim of a mis-sold PFI contract."

"I'm not here to slay you. I'm here to talk to you about diversifying your investment portfolio."

"Is this the best investment strategy you could come up with?"

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

Gerry, there are more accurate ways of balancing the petty cash.

'Hey, look, I can stand up and shout, too!'

Business of Fingerpointing Line Art

"In the event of an actual S.E.C. investigation, legal representation will drop from the ceiling."

"I think I just solved my cash flow problem."

Shop struggles to sell books about recession: '90 per cent off on all credit crunch books' (Titles incluude: Beat the Crunch! Who's to Blame? We're all Doomed!)

'My husband is very sensitive. He cries when he sees sunsets, old romantic films, and falling values of his 401(k)'

'The bad news is it's all our client's money.'

"You're a fine one to talk about my spending!"

Warning that Inflationary Policies Could Lead to Crash on Wall St