No One Can Forecast The Economy With

When The Secretary Of Treasury, The Head Of The Central Bank, The Head Of The Fdic (federal Deposit Insurance Corp.), And The Head Of The New York Fed Say, "we Want You To Do This Because We Think It's In The Best Interest Of The United States Of America," You Know, We're Like The Japanese. We're A Little Patriotic That Way. We Said, "yes, Sir!"

I Do Believe That Some Of These Regulations Made The Markets More Volatile, And It Remains To Be Seen How Bad That Can Be.

The Toughest Are People Mistakes, When You Put The Wrong Person In A Job. Sometimes You're Too Slow To Move Them Out. Or Not Getting The Right People Involved To Solve A Problem, Or Doing Something Out Of Anger; You Learn, Just Don't Do That. But I'd Have To Say The Whale Was One Of Them, And I Would Also Have To Put Bear Stearns And Washington Mutual On The List At This Point.

Unraveling The Euro Is A Terrible Thing. This Is A 50-year Endeavor To Get This Continent Together And That's A Wonderful Endeavor.

They Have A Policy In China For Their Big Companies Called "go Abroad." It's A Rational Thing For Both The Company And The Country To Say, "we Want Big, Successful Companies." Particularly In Areas Where They Need It: Agriculture, Energy, Technology. I Think Banking, Too. One Or Two Have Bought A Trading House. Some Have Already Begun Expanding Around The World. Of Course They're Going To Have Those Ambitions. Why Wouldn't They? They're Just Doing It Methodically. It's A Logical Strategy And, Well-executed, They Will Succeed.