Financial Philosophy Seekers Gifts

'My investment club had morphed into a support group.'

"If a stock falls in the market, and it had no investors, does it really lose its value?"

'Whoever said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' never had a room full of angry shareholders.'

'The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I think that luck is always right.'

Wall St. or True Love.

"Gas. Regular. Premium. Super. You don’t want to know."

'I don't know if money grows on trees, son. I know it doesn't grow in fields.'

Economic Outlook Conference - 'Remember the seating is optimist, pessimist, optimist,...'

'It's crunch time, Caldwell. That's the time between when you're born, and when you make your first million.'

'My ambition used to drive the economy. Now it drives my Mercedes.'

Flat tax - equal burden?

Divine Desk Bins

Stockbroker and Psychotherapist: Money won't make you happy and therapy won't make you rich.

Money god

"Yes, I am interested in taking a fresh look at my holdings."

"Money is life's report card."

Economic Downturns

"I was a stockbroker first, but when I realized how much time I spent praying, I figured, what the heck?"

'We were in the right place at the right time but, unfortunately, we were in the wrong time zone.'

'I got a big refund on my income tax.'

"Stocks edged lower on the news there's more to life than the accumulation of material things..."

"Lucky for you, you died during a bear market."

"The problem with capitalism is the unequal sharing of wealth. The problem with socialism is the equal sharing of wealth..."

Accountant Manqué

'We do spend a lot and tax a lot, but it's the price you pay for living in a money-based economy.'

'If congress regulates obscene bonuses, isn't that a violation of the first amendment?'

"The red bars represent the obscene numbers this quarter. The black bars are censoring those red bars."

"I hope you love me for my money, not for who I am."

"I don't know whether to love you or leave you - but then that's the reality of arbitrage."

Portfolio, 2014 - For a richer enjoyment, allow to age.

'Well they often get it wrong.'

'I think you need to reboot your fiscal compass.'

"No, I don't believe youth is wasted on the young. I believe money is."

'I'm a 100% consistent investor. I buy bonds when I should buy stocks when I should buy bonds.'

'While your word is your bond, at this point it's a junk bond.'