A financier is a pawn-broker with imagination.

A financier is a pawn-broker with imagination.

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.

You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.

You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.

Modern man drives a mortgaged car over a bond-financed highway on credit-card gas.

Modern man drives a mortgaged car over a bond-financed highway on credit-card gas.

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

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

I've always been worried about people who are willing to work for nothing. Sometimes that's all you get from them, read more

I've always been worried about people who are willing to work for nothing. Sometimes that's all you get from them, nothing.

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.

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.

Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.

Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.