#invest

International lending banks need to focus on areas where private investment doesn't go, such as infrastructure projects, education and poverty relief. ↗

— Joseph Stiglitz

#banks #education #focus #go #infrastructure

A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion. ↗

— Barbra Streisand

#accomplishes #admired #celebrated #class #firm

I get called all kinds of things - an investigative comedian, a comedian activist - I've lost track of what my job title is. ↗

— Mark Thomas

#called #comedian #get #i #investigative

Until very recently, the heavenly bodies have been investigated only with reference to their position and their laws of motion, and a quarter of a century ago astronomy was little more than celestial topography. ↗

— George Phillips Bond

#astronomy #been #bodies #celestial #century

My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#create #hope #investment #leave #like

The most important asset you need to protect in order to manage the demands of a job or an investment portfolio is your production of energy. And, just like with money, if you do a great job managing your energy, you'll get a great return. ↗

— Jim Loehr

#demands #energy #get #great #great job

Investors should be skeptical of history-based models. Constructed by a nerdy-sounding priesthood using esoteric terms such as beta, gamma, sigma and the like, these models tend to look impressive. Too often, though, investors forget to examine the assumptions behind the models. Beware of geeks bearing formulas. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#skepticism

Instead of stocks investors should invest in blankets, that way they’ll at least have something to keep them warm after they’ve lost all their money when the company goes under. ↗

— Amy Summers

#brick-and-blanket-responses #brick-and-blanket-test #brick-and-blanket-uses #finance #funny

A dream business that doesn't make money is a living nightmare. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#dream #goal #inspirational #investing #living-nightmare

Do Less. Be More. ↗

— Elizabeth Grace Saunders

#follow-your-heart #inspiration #time-investment #inspirational