#fluctuation

For policy makers interested in using tax policy to stimulate investments or especially to smooth business cycle fluctuations, the results are not promising. ↗

— Austan Goolsbee

#cycle #especially #fluctuations #interested #investments

According to the standard model billions of years ago some little quantum fluctuation, perhaps a slightly lower density of matter, maybe right where we're sitting right now, caused our galaxy to start collapsing around here. ↗

— Seth Lloyd

#ago #around #billions #caused #collapsing

Similarly, another famous little quantum fluctuation that programs you is the exact configuration of your DNA. ↗

— Seth Lloyd

#configuration #dna #exact #famous #fluctuation

Gold and silver are no doubt subject to fluctuations, from the discovery of new and more abundant mines; but such discoveries are rare, and their effects, though powerful, are limited to periods of comparatively short duration. ↗

— David Ricardo

#comparatively #discoveries #discovery #doubt #duration

Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#fluctuations #folly #friend #look #market