Funeral By Funeral, Theory Advances.

There Is Something In People; You Might Even Call It A Little Bit Of A Gambling Instinct… I Tell People Investing Should Be Dull. It Shouldn't Be Exciting. Investing Should Be More Like Watching Paint Dry Or Watching Grass Grow. If You Want Excitement, Take $800 And Go To Las Vegas.

Anyone With Special Abilities Earns A Differential Return On That Flair, Which We Economists Call A Rent. Those Few With Extraordinary P.q. (performance Quotient) Will Not Give Away Such Rent To The Ford Foundation Or The Local Bank Trust Department. They Have Too High An I.q. For That.

What We Know About The Global Financial Crisis Is That We Don't Know Very Much.

This Message (that Attempting To Beat The Market Is Futile) Can Never Be Sold On Wall Street Because It Is In Effect Telling Stock Analysts To Drop Dead.

The Growth Of A Nation's Productive Potential Is The Central Factor In Determining Its Growth In Real Wages And Living Standards.... High Rates Of Investment And Saving Usually Have A Big Payoff In Promoting Economic Growth.