Financial Reflectionist Gifts

I miss the old days...when we worried about the deficit.

"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.'

'Hello? Missing Persons?'

People in the mirror may be more attractive than they appear.

"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?

Pop Culture for Teens

'I'm going to have to give up drinking and drugs when I leave uni - to pay off my bank loan.'

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

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

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

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

"Money is life's report card."

Economic Downturns

Money god

'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."

Accountant Manqué

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

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

"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."

'Good news, Mr. Blume! Your condition isn't serious - just expensive.'

'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?'

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

Trickledown economics