“The upper crust is a bunch of crumbs held together by a lot of dough”
"The upper crust, metaphorically speaking, is composed of a lot of crumbs held together by dough" is cited from May 1945, when it was credited to "J. C. T." A "crumb"…
“The way to make money is to identify the trend whose premise is false, then bet against it”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: George SorosGeorge Soros (/ˈsɔroʊs/ or /ˈsɔrəs/; Hungarian: Soros György; Hungarian: [ˈʃoroʃ]; born August 12, 1930, as Schwartz György) is a…
“The world does not owe you anything. You are not a loan”
"You are not a loan" (a pun on "you are not alone") was painted on a business sign and printed in the Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) on May 24, 1998. "You are not a…
“The worst advice is free advice” (“The most expensive advice is free advice”)
Financial author Robert Kiyosaki, of the "Rich Dad" website and series of books, wrote in Rich Dad's Retire Young, Retire Rich: How to get rich and stay rich forever! (2002):…
“Them that has, gets”
"Them that has, gits" was mentioned in a Boston (MA) Record anecdote in 1885. Two women were chatting, and one said that the Biblical Sarah was left a lot of money. The other woman…
“There are four dimensions to most things we buy these days: length, width, height and debt”
"There are three dimensions to credit cards: length, width and debt" -- "debt" sounds a bit like "depth" -- is a jocular saying that has been printed on several…
“There are many possible reasons to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy” (Wall Street adage)
A Wall Street saying about insider trading is that there are many possible reasons to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy -- to make money. Selling a stock could mean that someone has inside…
“There are more important things than money, but they won’t date you if you don’t have any”
"There are more important things than money, but they won't date you if you don't have any" is a jocular line about money and dating that has been cited in print since at least…
“There are no bears living on Park Avenue”
"There are no bears living on Park Avenue" means that the wealthy people who live on Park Avenue are not stock market pessimists ("bears") who believe that their wealth will…
“There are no called strikes in investing”
"There are no called strikes in investing" is a statement attributed to investor Warren Buffett, but Buffett's exact words on the television show Adam Smith's Money World in…
“There are no markets anymore, just interventions”
Chris Powell, Secretary/Treasurer of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA), gave a speech titled "There are no markets anymore, just interventions" in April 2008. Powell said about…
“There are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin”
Mae West (1893-1980) was known for her risqué behavior. "There are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin," West told a television interviewer in 1959. West used the line again in her…
“There are old traders and bold traders, but there are no old, bold traders”
"There are old traders around and there are bold traders around, but there are no old, bold traders around" has been attributed to Bob Dinda, some time in the 1980s. The Wall Street maxim…
“There are three dimensions to credit cards: length, width and debt”
"There are three dimensions to credit cards: length, width and debt" -- "debt" sounds a bit like "depth" -- is a jocular saying that has been printed on several…
“There is angel investing. Is there devil investing?”
There is angel investing (with angel investors). There is no devil investing (with devil investors). "If there are 'angel investors' are there also 'devil investors'?"…
“There is never one cockroach” (business adage)
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett added some homely advice to the 1989 annual report: "No sooner is one problem solved than another surfaces — never is there just one cockroach in the…
“There is no worse feeling than spending money on disappointing food”
"There's nothing worse than spending money on disappointing food" and "Spending money on disappointing food is a different type of pain" are sayings that have been printed…
“There is nothing inherently wrong with fiat money, provided we get perfect authority”
"There is nothing inherent wrong in effect with fiat money, provided we get perfect authority and God-like intelligence for kings" has been credited to Aristotle (384 B.C.-322 B.C.), but…
“There is nothing so disturbing to one’s well-being and judgment as to see a friend get rich”
Economic historian Charles P. Kindleberger (1910-2003) wrote in Manias, Panics and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises (1978 and subsequent editions): "In my talks about financial crisis…
“There is nothing wrong with the charts, only the chartists”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia; Chartist (occupation)A chartist (also known as a technical trader or technical analyst) is one who utilizes charts to assess patterns of activity that might be…