Risk Strategist Gifts

Always have an Exit Strategy.

British savings accounts

"Marshall, somewhere out there, just waiting for us, is a loophole in the system."

"Our light bill is astronomical living next to a black hole."

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

'It has come to my attention that we need to hedge against our five-year plan.'

"Gentlemen, we're missing a great opportunity by not hitching this company to the current tailspin."

'I've decided to step down as your CEO in order to spend more time in jail...'

'Investment charts can be complicated, son, but that usually means, 'bonuses'.'

"In the event of an actual S.E.C. investigation, legal representation will drop from the ceiling."

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

"Well, either you're hopelessly optimistic or hopelessly short-sighted."

Investments - Founders Bear and Bull.

'You're right. Our old safety files have become a safety concern.'

'He's refusing to die as a protest against Inheritance Tax.'

'When investment bankers give parental advice'

"We'd better watch Cranston. He looks like a whistleblower."

"In my old job we were encouraged to run fast and break things."

"Ed and Helen's portfolio rose 3 point today on Dave's purchase of 100 shares..."

"I just..."

'The recession is over, again.'

"At these tuition prices an acceptance letter is pretty much a denial."

'You shouldn't have taken that personal pension.' 'You shouldn't have taken that endowment mortgage.' 'When do you get your free tv license?' Job's comforters, today.

'Are we broke yet?'

Failure/Due Diligence

Corporate departments as a metaphor for growing up.

"Well, Comstock, still regret putting our profits back into research?"

"Ahh... don't you just LOVE that new, re-organized-under-bankruptcy-protection smell?"

Hedge fund sharks attacking 'The Markets' ship.

"Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% budget allocation."

'This prediction has a margin of error of plus or minus fifteen...fifteen class-action suits brought against the company.'

'I'd put it on the back burner, but the stove's been repossessed.'

Woman at a desk with in out boxes marked Market Up Market Down.

Practical loans vs. devil-may-care loans.

'Crisis'