“Interest on debt grows without rain”
"Interest on debt grows without rain" is often stated to be a Yiddish proverb. "Interest grows without rain, stupid" was cited in The Nightingale, or, The saga of Yosele Solovey…
"Interest on debt grows without rain" is often stated to be a Yiddish proverb. "Interest grows without rain, stupid" was cited in The Nightingale, or, The saga of Yosele Solovey…
"Invest in tennis balls. They have a high rate of return" is a joke that has been printed on many images. "My advice is..." or "My dog's advice is..." often…
Investment adviser and author Peter Lynch is credited with the 1990s Wall Street adage "Invest in what you know." The phrase issometimes made to rhyme at the beginning and at the end:…
"Invest in your passions" is a popular adage for a person's life. "Spirited travelers, invest in your passions and live your dreams" was cited in print in 2001. "The…
"Investigate, then invest" was the slogan of Merill Lynch in the 1940s. Investors were cautioned to look closely before moving their money, to help ward against fraud and high risk. Many…
"Investing is simple, but (it's) not easy" means that it's simple enough to buy or sell, but it's not easy to follow the markets regularly and apply the correct strategy…
"Irony is a pastor asking for your money to solve church problems, and advising you to pray to solve yours" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "IRONY Pastor asking for…
"It costs more to be poor" is a saying that dates to at least 1965. The poor often can't afford to shop outside their neighborhood for better quality or better prices, to buy…
"It doesn't matter how low the dollar will go, I will always bend down and pick it up" is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on images. "No matter how low the…
The financial television network CNBC has a show called Closing Bell that starts at 4 p.m., at the closing bell of the New York Stock Exchange. Host Maria Bartiromo opens the show with her famous…
"They say there are two sides to everything. But there is only one side to the stock market; and it is not the bull side or the bear side, but the right side" appears in the book…
People are attracted to wealth -- especially a rich person's relatives. "A man never knows how many relatives he has until he becomes successful in life" was cited in Mr. Punch, His…
To "feel like a million bucks" is usually a good thing, but what if you're a billionaire? "If you tell a billionaire that they look like a million bucks, is it considered rude…
"It takes money to make money" is an old saying. "It takes money to make money becasue you have to copy the design exactly" is a jocular extension of the saying that has been…
"It takes money to make money" is a rhyming American business adage that dates to at least 1850. By at least 1888, the "take/make" rhyme was changed into the saying:…
A widely cited incident involves when J. P. Morgan (1837-1913) was asked by someone what the market would do that day. "It will fluctuate, young man. It will fluctuate," Morgan reportedly…
A story is told about a 19th century gambler who was gambling in a small town. A friend told him that the game was rigged, but the gambler remarked, "I know it's crooked, but it's…
"It's hard to save money when food is always flirting with me" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship is unknown. "Im trying to save then the food…
"It's as easy to marry a rich man/woman as a poor one" (or "It's as easy to fall in love with a rich man/woman as a poor one") is an answer to statement that one…
Several 2008 high profile bankruptxies (such as Lehman Brothers) and near-bankruptcies (Bear Stearns and Merrill Lynch) caused a large decline in stocks. Lear Capital advertised gold investing with…