“It’s too bad that banks don’t ever hand out free samples”
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”
"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”
"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…
“It’s illegal to sell stocks from inside a bath of sparkling apple juice. In cider trading”
"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, but the Mongol hordes” (“Jesus saves, but the Mongol hoards”)
"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, Moses Invests”
"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…
“Just accidentally put my donor card into the ATM machine. It cost me an arm and a leg”
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…
“Just checked my bank account and it looks like everyone getting text messages for Christmas”
"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”
"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…
“Knock, knock.”/“Who’s there?”/“Cash.”/“Cash who?”
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” (“Leaders become laggards”)
"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…
“Land of the fee and home of the slave”
"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” (“loss” backronym)
"Learning Opportunity, Stay Strong" is sometimes given as a backronym (back acronym) of the word "loss" "Learning Opportunity, Stay Strong" was coined by American…
“Let them eat iPad”
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…
“Leverage is a double-edged sword”
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”
"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…
“Like a million bucks/dollars” (wonderful or excellent)
Something that looks/feels/sounds/tastes/smells "like a million bucks/dollars" is something that is wonderful or excellent. "A good dinner looked like a million dollars to me…
“Liquidity begets liquidity”
"Liquidity begets liquidity" is a financial saying meaning that once a market is proven to have liquidity (active buying and selling), more investors join in and there is more liquidity.…
“Live in the know” (Wall Street Journal slogan)
The Wall Street Journal launched an advertising campaign in January 2010 with a new slogan: "Live in the know." A previous slogan had been "The daily diary of the American…
“Loans and debts make worries and frets”
Entry in progress -- B.P. The proverb is cometimes credited to John Ray's 17th century book of English proverbs, but it does not appear there. Google BooksThe Salt-Cellars:Being a collection…