Financial Storytelling Fan Gifts

'I remember when all this was banks...'

"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."

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

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

'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.

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

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?

Man pushing Euro sign up a hill.

'Why do you want a career in the bank?'

"Did you hear that that bastard McMinney has buggered of to work for Bank of America!"

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

'Like it? I LOVED it! The narrative gripped me from the first sentence and didn't let go until the final, heart-stopping page! And the CHARACTERS! Without question, Harris, this is the finest year-end financial report you've ever written!'

'Would you do me the honour of becoming tax advantaged with me?'

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

'Of course I'm squirreling away money!'

Greek Crisis

'Now that we've moved to Hawaii, I can start trading at 3:30 a.m.--Isn't that great?'

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

'You go without me. I'm feeling a little down today.'

'This app is linked to my financial advisor and provides stimulated hand-holding when the market is down.'

Piggy Bank Coin I.V.

Woman uses an ATM with buttons for: Grocery, Leverage Buyout, Start Up Capital, Shop Till You Drop.

IRS: The country is broke, but your taxes cannot be construed as 'Charity to the Poor'.

'And this just in from the stock market... buy, sell, buy, sell, buy, sell, buy!'

'Stocks rose on news that '90% of success is just being there.''

'In today's market news, losers outnumbered those who were wiped out.'

"Nothing is illegal if a hundred businessmen decide to do it."

Shareholders Meeting - We will be paying a dividend but I will not be announcing it here.

Circa 1490: The area we now know as Wall Street.

Golden bubbles