The problem with the person who thinks he's a long-term investor and impervious to short-term gyrations is that the emotion read more

The problem with the person who thinks he's a long-term investor and impervious to short-term gyrations is that the emotion of fear and pain will eventually make him sell badly.

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

The City's reluctance to take a stand on an issue like the British Gas pay row makes a mockery of read more

The City's reluctance to take a stand on an issue like the British Gas pay row makes a mockery of corporate governance and shareholders' ability to influence annual general meetings. Institutions should be obliged to make public how they vote at such events. They should be obliged to provide customers with a record of how they vote on every kind of issue.

It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.

It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.

The principles applied in economic processes are general social principles.

The principles applied in economic processes are general social principles.

The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.

The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.

Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers (six if one went to Harvard).

Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers (six if one went to Harvard).

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

There are two things needed in these days; first, for rich men to find out how poor men live; and read more

There are two things needed in these days; first, for rich men to find out how poor men live; and second, for poor men to know how rich men work.