Profit Analyst Prints

'All right, I want to know who's responsible for our profits no longer being obscene!'

"But this is what sexual harassment has cost us."

Your new salary is closely linked to profits - a smaller salary means more profits.

Since I took command of the company, I have steered a steady course.

"What's my take on it? All of it."

Work stress.

"So the plan is to fly everyone for free. But we'll charge $400.00 per bag."

Businessmen trying to prop up a line-chart with sticks

'Quick! We need a bigger chart in here!'

Foreign Markets with Big Barriers

"Let me just check my email, my texts, my missed calls, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, my credit score, my horoscope, the results of this latest personality test, the S. & P., the Dow, the news, this article about cute dogs, and the weather, and then we can go."

"DeepSeek" "Stargate"

At first I thought it was just coincidence, but then I realized it corresponded directly to your shift.

Freedom comes at a cost. We must be willing to pay the ultimate price. Retail.

'Greek debt was downgraded for the 11th time this week, by S&P, to P.O.S. Negative Infinity, meaning it's safer to eat uranium, than own Greek debt.'

'Today the stock market was moribund, as growth equities sputtered and bonds dipped due to the inverted yield curve. I'd translate that into layman's terms...but they don't pay me enough.'

'We're living in a round hole economy.'

Signs: Sales, Profit and Media coverage.

"Yes, you have given 100% to this company. But, over the five years you've worked here that's only 20% a year."

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

'Remember, an economic boom is usually followed by an economic kaboom,'

'How to time the market' seminar - 2pm, postponed to 3pm, then to 4pm.

Hedge fund sharks attacking 'The Markets' ship.

'We must grasp this new opportunity'

"There's a lot of uncertainty out there these days. Or not. Who knows?"

"The Box is bigger, the contents smaller, increased the price and called it improved."

"I'm sorry, JB, we still haven't worked out how we did it."

"We're always excited to hear from analysts who are bullish on the market."

...I wonder who started the rumour of your resignation?

'I understand this was the day you seized, Ferguson?'

"Some guy by the name of Bernanke called in. He wants to try and make an emergency soft landing."

'Competition is good...unless it's too good.'

"...and the asparagus this evening is delightful. It's been simmering all day in the tears of the poor."

Pulling The Economy Uphill

"I tell you, I don't like the looks of it."