Weeks where decades happen
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” Lenin “My daughter just said to me, ‘Daddy, the stock…
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Get to the chopper !
“‘Get to da choppa !’ “Short for the whole phrase that Dutch (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) says in the movie Predator, which goes: “RUN!…
Read MoreMonetary Massacre Theory
“A deeply disturbing account of the destructive potential of belief.” – Ammar Kalia, reviewing BBC Four’s Storyville: Jonestown – Terror in the Jungle. …
Read MoreTake Shelter 2.0
“The most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” Ronald Reagan. “When Nobel Prize-winner…
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Serious advice
“Given all this, what do MPs do all day? Media manipulation, not operational planning on priorities. “Unsurprisingly, most senior MPs in all three parties…
Read MoreA mob of nasty, ignorant dwarves
“The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.” Charlie Munger. “[Ronnie Millar] was.. surprised to be ordered by [Mrs….
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“Mind-alteringly cheap”
“The problem is not so much to see what nobody has yet seen, as to think what nobody has yet thought concerning that…
Read MoreDon’t be so negative
“FED’S WILLIAMS SAYS IN A DOWNTURN WE COULD CONSIDER QUANTITATIVE EASING, NEGATIVE RATES.” Tweet by Reuters’ Jennifer Ablan, reporting on a speech by…
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Outrageous fortune
“Isn’t it funny when you walk into an investment firm and you see all of the financial advisers watching CNBC ? That gives me…
Read MoreEvents
“Events, dear boy, events.” Alleged response by the British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, when asked by a journalist what is most likely to blow…
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