What is high finance? It’s knowing the difference between one and ten, multiplying, subtracting and adding. You just add noughts. read more

What is high finance? It’s knowing the difference between one and ten, multiplying, subtracting and adding. You just add noughts. It’s no more than that.

There is no such thing as an innocent purchaser of stocks.

There is no such thing as an innocent purchaser of stocks.

One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.

One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.

The money-changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple read more

The money-changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple to the ancient truths.

A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.

A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.

We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.

We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.

Financial sense is knowing that certain men will promise to do certain things, and fail.

Financial sense is knowing that certain men will promise to do certain things, and fail.

One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to read more

One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to happen is happening already.

A financier is a pawn-broker with imagination.

A financier is a pawn-broker with imagination.