It sounds extraordinary but it’s a fact that balance sheets can make fascinating reading.

It sounds extraordinary but it’s a fact that balance sheets can make fascinating reading.

The way to stop financial joy-riding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.

The way to stop financial joy-riding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.

Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse

Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse

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

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

The pen is mightier than the sword, but no match for the accountant.

The pen is mightier than the sword, but no match for the accountant.

Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.

Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.

Alexander Hamilton originated the put and take system in our national treasury: the taxpayers put it in, and the politicians read more

Alexander Hamilton originated the put and take system in our national treasury: the taxpayers put it in, and the politicians take it out.

FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager. The pronunciation read more

FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager. The pronunciation of this word with the i long and the accent on the first syllable is one of America's most precious discoveries and possessions.

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

Finance, like time, devours its own children.