History demonstrates that participants in financial markets are susceptible to waves of optimism.
ALAN GREENSPANAlthough the outlook is clouded by a number of uncertainties, the central tendencies of the projections .. imply continued good economic performance in the United States.
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The gut-feel of the 55-year old trader is more important than the mathematical elegance of the 25-year old genius.
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I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well.
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Without the triggers, that tax cut is irreponsible fiscal policy. Eventually, I think that will be the consensus view.
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The recent period has been marked by a transformation to an economy that is more productive as competitive forces become increasingly intense and new technologies raise the efficiency of our businesses…
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If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said.
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I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil.
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There is no evidence that the business cycle has been repealed.
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History cannot be reduced to a set of statistics and probabilities.
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I love to play tennis and golf, listen to music, watch baseball and root for the Redskins.
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I was a good amateur but only an average professional. I soon realized that there was a limit to how far I could rise in the music business, so I left the band and enrolled at New York University.
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If you get beyond the political rhetoric [and assembled a group to solve Social Security] it would take them 15 minutes. It would take them 15 minutes only because 10 minutes was used for pleasantries.
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What an ideology is is a conceptual framework with the way people deal with reality.
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Enhances a person’s ability to handle the more ambiguous and qualitative relationships that dominate our day-to-day financial decision-making
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All taxes are a drag on economic growth. It’s only a question of degree.
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The economy is turning, and credit comes in with a lag, .. To the extent that a number of small firms are finding it difficult to get the credit they need at a price they can afford, that’s likely to change for the better.
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