Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: John ConnallyJohn Bowden Connally (February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993), was an influential American politician, serving as the 39th Governor of Texas,…
People often save items (such as baseball cards) with the belief that some day they will be worth a larger sum of money. What about someone who saves money? "Save yer money. Some day it may be…
An old joke is that in January (the first month of the year), a check writer mistakenly writes the old year on a check. That joke has been cited in print since at least 1969. Late night television…
"It's time, not timing" is a condensed version of the Wall Street adage "time in the market is better than timing the market." This adage contends that it's impossible…
Banks usually do not give out free samples of money. Occasionally, a bank might give out a coin as an advertising gimmick. "Why don't banks give free samples of their money? How am I…
"It's very difficult to beat the market when you are the market" is an old financial saying. "And since they are the market, they cannot better the market" was written in…
"It’s funny how the change jar slowly becomes all pennies" is a jocular one-line saying that shows how disliked pennies are. "Funny how the change jar slowly becomes all…
"In cider trading" is a pun on "insider trading." "I was thrown out of the London Stock Exchange for standing in a bucket of Scrumpy, apparently there's rules against…
"Jesus saves" is a popular saying and by 1965 there appeared the graffito "Jesus saves; Moses invests." A popular addition has been "Jesus saves, Moses invests, but the…
"Jesus Saves" is a message that the Bible Society advertised since at least the 1960s. By at least 1965, someone added the following graffito to that message: "But Moses…
Some people get the cards in their wallet mixed up. "I was soooo pissed I went to call a cab from the phone box and put in me donor card instead of me phone card.....cost me an arm and a…
"Bank account looking like everybody getting a text message for Christmas" (or "Just checked my bank account and it looks like everyone getting text messages for Christmas") is…
"Just when you find the key to the market, they change the locks" is an old Wall Street adage. "The trouble with some guys when they give you the keys to the city they change the…
A knock-knock joke involving cash (and cashews) is: "Knock, knock.""Who's there?""Cash.""Cash who?""What are you, some kind of nut?" The joke…
"Laggards become leaders" (and its opposite, "leaders become laggards") is sometimes said to be an old Wall Street saying. A stock might lag behind others in one economy, but…
"O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave" is the last line of the national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner." This has been changed to "land of the fee…
"Learning Opportunity, Stay Strong" is sometimes given as a backronym (back acronym) of the word "loss" "Learning Opportunity, Stay Strong" was coined by American…
Bill Dudley, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, spoke in Queens in March 2011. A member of the audience asked Dudley about high food prices, and when he actually did his food…
A "double-edged sword" has two cutting edges; in finance, a "double-edged sword" means something that has both potential benefits and liabilities. Financial leverage can…
"Life is too short to stay broke" is a saying that has een printed on several images. Authorship is unknown. "Life's too short to stay broke" was posted on Twitter by…