M&a Advisor Mugs

Buy- out specialist

"This is not permanent...we'll be back as soon as things start to look up."

In the Guru District

"What's a debenture?"

Entering the Business Community: Assets/Liabilities

"Well, it looks like the merger is off."

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

"I'm from brokers without borders. Invest in deserted island reits!"

'If you're so smart, why don't you have some Index Funds in your portfolio?'

"What if he's bluffing? What if he's not? What if the room just gets too hot?"

'Let's just wait here until the federal stimulus returns.'

The economy.

E.U. Banking Union.

'Now that we've defined 'happy deficits' let's try it out on the stockholders.'

"Okay, money doesn't make you happy. So how about commodity futures?"

"I see we're going up against the Big Guys."

European currency on the edge.

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

America's Funniest Interest Rate Hikes

'Uh - oh... this looks like an unfriendly takeover!'

'I think I must be ambidextrous. I can calculate interest with both sides of my brain.'

Fish and color

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

'In a surprise move, Greece decided to peg its currency against the Baklava.'

'My interpretation is that it deals with the artist's utter frustration over the scarcity of remaining, reasonable equity values.'

"Cheer up, if this carries on we could become a very attractive takeover target.

'Oh, no! It's all in euros!'

"This is the World Bank? Somehow, I had pictured it differently."

The burden of carrying the Euro.

Credit Crunch Corn Flakes.

Standard & Poor

'I understand they specialize in acquisitions.'

"So far it doesn't look like a hostile takeover."

First Church of Non-Denominational Money Worship.

Early Attempt at Quantitative Easing.