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September 19, 2014
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“No man’s credit is as good as his money”

"No man's credit is as good as his money" is credited to E. W. Howe (1853-1937), who established and edited the Atchison (KS) Daily Globe. "No man's credit is as good at a…

April 29, 2010
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“No matter how hard you hug your money, it never hugs back”

"No matter how hard you hug your moeny, it never hugs (you) back" has been cited in print since 1992. The financial saying is of unknown origin. Google News Archive6 July 1992,…

March 11, 2009
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“No one ever got fired for buying IBM/Microsoft/gold”

"No one ever got fired for buying IBM" (or "Nobody gets fired for buying IBM") means that no one gets fired to making the safe pick and choosing an industry leader. Other…

December 11, 2013
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“No one has ever become poor by giving”

Anne Frank (1929-1945) wrote in the essay "Give" on March 26, 1944: "Give and you shall receive, much more than you would have ever thought possible. Give, give again and again,…

June 7, 2009
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“No one on their deathbed ever says they wish they had spent more time at the office”

Entry in progress -- B.P. “No one looks back on their life and remembers the nights they got plenty of sleep” is a related saying. WikiquotePaul Tsongas (14 February 1941 – 18 January 1997)…

August 20, 2009
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“No price is too high for a bull or too low for a bear” (Wall Street proverb)

"No price is too high for a bull or too low for a bear" means that nothing can be too good for the optimist or too bad for the pessimist. The stock market proverb was cited in the London…

October 6, 2008
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“No tree grows to the sky” (Wall Street adage)

"No tree grows to the sky" (or, "No tree grows to heaven") is an old Wall Street saying meaning that a bull market (good business times) cannot continue forever. The saying…

February 13, 2017
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“No woman will ever be truly satisfied on Valentine’s Day…”

"No woman will ever be truly satisfied on Valentine's Day because no man will ever have a chocolate penis that ejaculates money" is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on…

August 28, 2013
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“Nobody is bigger than the market” (Wall Street adage)

"No man/one/person is bigger than the market" (or "Nobody is bigger than the market") is a saying popular in Wall Street and other markets. The saying means that a free market…

October 15, 2008
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“Nobody rings a bell at the top or the bottom of a market” (Wall Street proverb)

The New York Stock Exchange opens to the sound of a bell and then closes to the sound of a bell. It's often pointed out that no one rings a bell to announce the top or the bottom of a market,…

December 3, 2022
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“None of your problems are because someone else is a billionaire”

"None of your problems are because someone else is a billionaire" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is pro-capitalist and anti-communist. "None of your…

November 7, 2014
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“Nothing gets out of hand quicker these days than money”

To "get out of hand" is an idiom for something that is "out of control." "Nothing gets out of hand quicker these days than money" is a joke that has been cited in…

February 5, 2011
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“Nothing happens until somebody sells something”

Arthur H. ("Red") Motley (1900-1984) was the publisher of Parade Magazine whose famous salesmanship slogan was "Nothing happens until somebody sells something." Motley argued…

May 2, 2014
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“Nothing saves money like being antisocial”

"Nothing saves money like being social" first appeared on Twitter on January 23. 2014. The jocular one-line saying quickly became popular and was printed on snarkEcards TwitterTrevor…

March 26, 2010
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“Now is always the most difficult time to invest”

"Now is always the most difficult time to invest" is an investment adage, with the joke being that it is always "now" and always a difficult time. Charles Welles Buek, an…

December 2, 2021
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“Nutella? Did the bank get rid of the old tella?”

Nutella is a brand of sweetened hazelnut cocoa spread. Some people pronounce it like "new-tella," and they wonder if there is or was an "Oldtella." "Nutella: better than…

January 27, 2013
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“Old accountants never die—they just lose their balance”

"Old soldiers never die -- they just fade away” is an old saying that was popularized by General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) in his farewell address to Congress on April 19, 1951. Many…

April 30, 2012
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“Old bankers never die—they just lose interest”

"Old soldiers never die -- they just fade away” is an old saying that was popularized by General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) in his farewell address to Congress on April 19, 1951. Many…

May 14, 2013
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“Old money whispers, new money shouts”

"Money talks” (meaning that money has influence) is an old financial saying, cited in print in various forms to before 1700. "Old money whispers, new money shouts/screams/yells" is…

April 18, 2015
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“On economics tests, the questions are the same every year—only the answers change”

One popular economics joke has an old graduate return to college after many years. He sees his old economics professor, looks at a recent test, and is shocked that the questions are still the same.…

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