Quotes About Finance

But when States did debase the coinage, it was always from purely fiscal motives. The government needed financial help, that was all; it was not concerned with questions of currency policy.

Inflationism is that monetary policy that seeks to increase the quantity of money.

The central element in the economic problem of money is the objective exchange-value of money, popularly called its purchasing power.

the fundamental problem of the value of money.

Ludwig von Mises

Money doesn't have beliefs about you. You have beliefs about money. —Dr. Joe Vitale

Don't look for the needle in the haystack. Just buy the haystack!

On balance, the financial system subracts value from society

The mutual fund industry has been built, in a sense, on witchcraft.

The two greatest enemies of the equity fund investor are expenses and emotions.

Owning the stock market over the long term is a winner's game, but attempting to beat the market is a loser's game.

Pressed to identify useful financial innovations created during the past quarter-century, Paul A. Volcker, former Federal Reserve Chairman and recent chairman of President Obama's Economic Recovery Board, could single out only one: "The ATM.

some estimates suggest that the failure rate is around 20 percent, meaning that each year, one of every five hedge funds goes up in smoke.

Should I go ahead and buy that item or just save my money for a rainy day?

Let's have a fiscally but not sexually conservative Valentine's Day

If the government could tax broken hearts, there would be no deficit.

My mother always said don't marry for money, divorce for money.

The difference between a divorce and a legal separation is that a legal separation gives a husband time to hide his money.

Don't throw money at the problem - walk away from it. You'll be wealthier from it down the road.

There is also the issue of debt forgiveness for some construction companies by banks,

Deadbeat dads don't pay child support. They minimise their taxable income to cheat their kids.

The volume of credit depends upon three factors: the desire to borrow, the ability to lend and the desire to lend.

It's more important to grow your income than cut your expenses. It's more important to grow your spirit that cut your dreams.

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