Quotes About Investment

extracted resources from cash-generating but low-growth arenas such

Such firms realize that in contrast to the concept of "terminal value" from net present value (NPV)–oriented calculations, what one has instead is "asset debt"—the investment necessary to keep all assets at competitive best in class.

They put serious investment into "soft" factors such as training and reinforcing their corporate values, which are backed up by meaningful symbolic actions on the part of their leaders.

training people to be able to move from advantage to advantage becomes a cost of doing business. It's just as important a bill to pay as the one you pay to keep the lights on and the computers running. Investing in people's capacity to move around removes a tremendous barrier to change and suggests a redirection of emphasis from pure deployment to creating transition capability.

With discovery-driven growth (DDG), you invest small amounts of money—money you can afford to lose—to get the information that you need so that you can invest more confidently.

lady who took it out once a year at the most. A terrific bargain.

Oh, Tanstaafl. Means There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. And isn't,' I added, pointing to a FREE LUNCH sign across room, 'or these drinks would cost half as much. Was reminding her that anything free costs twice as much in long run or turns out worthless.

Oh, 'tanstaafl.' Means 'There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.' And isn't," I added, pointing to a FREE LUNCH sign across room, "or these drinks would cost half as much. Was reminding her that anything free costs twice as much in long run or turns out worthless.

The sort of guardian you can hire is worth about as much as the sort of wife you can buy.

However, you are just as dead if you buy a farm in an "incident" as you are if you buy it in a declared war.

Condoize them for me, and I'd have income for

Russia's interest in Montenegro is also wrought by Russia's considerable history of cultural and linguistic ties to Serbian-speaking territories, to its economic investments here, and to the fact that this beautiful Adriatic resort has become a playground for Russian organized crime.

investment in poor kids raises the rate of growth for everyone, at the same time leveling the playing field in favor of poor kids.

Practical knowledge is the ultimate commodity, and is what will pay you dividends for decades to come—far more than the paltry increase in pay you might receive at some seemingly lucrative position that offers fewer learning opportunities

Drew was the market's first major speculator to venture inside business. Instead of just buying and selling stock as a speculator, he was the first of what we today would see as takeover artists, using the stock market as a way to acquire controlling interests in businesses, then get inside them and alter their destiny.

Instead of being described in the investment banking section, J.P. Morgan could as easily have been included in this section, as the last of the Dinosaurs, and perhaps the greatest and most powerful of them all.

harting the rise of Lehman Brothers, one of Wall Street's greatest investment banking houses, essentially traces the gradual emergence of a powerful, industrial United States. Beginning as cotton brokers in an agricultural society, the first Lehmans to arrive in America helped finance the Confederacy during the Civil War, and then turned to Wall Street to dabble in commodities well into the 1900s.

Tentu saja, tak ada yang gratis di dunia ini, tapi maafku berharga murah.

In a capitalist world, the word capital has taken on more and more uses. . . . human capital, for instance, which is what labor accumulates through education and work experience. Human capital differs from the classic kind in that you can't inherit it, and it can only be rented, not bought or sold.

The so-called risk of the capitalist is merely one of the many privileges of capital

Country Future Index. It's an alternative to the GNP measurement, taking into account debt, political stability, environmental health and the like. A useful cross-check on the GNP, and it helps tag countries that could use our help. We identify those, go to them and offer them a massive capital investment, plus political advice, security, whatever they need. In return we take custody of their bioinfrastructure.

capital, having considerably more liquidity than water, slid

Decide today to design and build the ideal relationship in your life. It's up to you.

Since a relationship involves two members investing in it, its value increases twice as fast as one's investment.