#finance

Money is a public good; as such, it lends itself to private exploitation. ↗

— Charles P. Kindleberger

#finance #financial-crises #money

Money is the last taboo. People will talk about their sex lives before they discuss their finances. ↗

— Marvin H. McIntyre

#money #sex #money

Money was a problem. Money was always a problem no matter how many bones he crushed or how much blood he let or dues he paid. The fucking rent was always due. ↗

— Laird Barron

#money

The first rule in making money is not to lose it. ↗

— Steven J. Lee

#money #wealth #money

Thy shalt not worship thy investment advisor, for if she were so smart she would be retired by now. ↗

— Steven J. Lee

#money #wealth #money

Every time you borrow money, you're robbing your future self. ↗

— Nathan W. Morris

#money #money-management #personal-finance #money

Leverage is a term that makes us sound very sophisticated and wise when we use it. Let’s analyze what it really means. ↗

— Celso Cukierkorn

#finance #money #rabbi-celso #money

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#broker #human #human race #i #i do

Finance, like time, devours its own children. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#devours #finance #like #own #time

The basic scam in the Internet age is pretty easy even for the financially illiterate to grasp. It was as if banks like Goldman were wrapping ribbons around watermelons, tossing them out fiftieth-story windows, and opening the phones for bids. In this game you were a winner only if you took your money out before the melon hit the pavement. ↗

— Matt Taibbi

#age