Prehistoric Finance Guru Mugs

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

"Why yes, there was an extra five thousand dollars in my pay check last week...er...I thought it was a raise."

'Simply put, we are on our ninth life!'

"Gee, thanks! What rate of interest does it pay?"

'We need people who dream the impossible dreams - like pensions and health care.'

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

'Well they often get it wrong.'

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

"And this financial plan is specifically designed for people who know their retirement -- IF they get one -- won't be half as good as their parents' retirement, and are really steamed about it!"

"Looks like the high tech shares have taken another fall."

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

"I worry that we're headed for a future where you won't be able to earn three hundred times the salary of your lowest paid worker."

Business Philosophy 101.

Euro Struggling with Weights

The Tobin Tax.

'After only a few years in the market I had a small fortune - unfortunately I'd started out with a big one.'

"All agreed? We buy low and sell high."

'Greenspan today explained the reason the Fed faises interest rates is so they can lower them again.'

'Watson, I don't think you appreciate the gravity of the situation,'

"Love you, love us, and I'm comfortable with our debt level."

'I just found out that our credit union is illusory!'

"I'm getting subtle hints of what the Fed might do."

'I have to warn you that hills may go up as well as down.'

'Prof. Sigurdt has made giant strides in making genetic engineering profitable.'

'Getting a big bonus to risk other people's money makes me wonder if I am part of a conspiracy.'

The Pillars of the European Central Bank.

"Call me a pie-in-the-sky idealist, but I've always found it important to invest with a firm that reflects my values!"

European Capital Investment in the Ottoman State

tax rises...

"I'm sorry, Harrigan, But a man's gotta do what a man's accountant says he's gotta do."

'Investments in money funds increased this month on news it TAKES money to MAKE money.'

Shared Poverty

'This is going to hurt, I'm afraid. . .I can't afford to pay.'