Small Investor Gifts

"You have reached the Nervous Investor Fund performance hotline. For the average annualized returns for the past ten minutes press '1; for the past half hour press 2; for the past hour press #3."

'Now that I have your attention...'

Golly, �1m a year isn't too much. I don't know why your shareholders don't understand you.

"These projections don't make sparkles shoot out my ass."

'We've set the bar quite high at this company. It helps us control bonuses.'

'I think you are taking this elevator pitch way too literally'.

'This time we're going to do things right. And if that doesn't work, we'll just go back to stealing.'

Today we'll see some misused or misunderstood financial and economic terms. It's said inflation can hurt the economy. But it's absolutely in the tire business. I bought this warm puffy jacket with cash. A down payment. We like beer and coffee. Our most valuable liquid assets. In a monopoly breakup, the race car would to go one person and the dog to another. And when I become either a buyer or a seller. He's shorting the market!

"So, we look to the fourth quarter as a time of healing."

'We've financed three more startups for no fathomable reason.'

Or as I prefer to call it, the 'feel-good' factor.

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

"Obviously some people here don't appreciate the gravity of our situation."

"I keep feeling we should float the company"

'Honey, where's my cell phone?'

'Looks like your cash cow just got diverted to the slaughterhouse.'

'He's so rich, when he writes a cheque the bank bounces.'

"We need to reset our fiscal compass to the changing business horizon."

"Son, you're old enough now for The Talk: everything you need to know about compound interest."

"Is this the best investment strategy you could come up with?"

'The good news is I had a very good year.'

Wall St. or True Love.

'Wavering between being bullish or bearish'

'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.'

Will work for ETFs

"I think I just solved my cash flow problem."

'Loved your bit on market share, Felton - perfect blend of plausibility and outright deception.'

'We've financed three more startups for no fathomable reason.'

"Great plan. Could we get some more details?"

'You know the economy's in trouble when the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans only has 350 names on it.'

"Invest in technology."

'Jimmy Chang gets his allowance in Yuan, and his parents let him buy and sell precious metals...'

Investments - Founders Bear and Bull.

'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.'

"Remember, money is only a tool - to make more money."