Famous Quotes & Sayings

I think what this shows is an ongoing, strong commitment to the asset management business.

I think it's triple witching activity. The move has been pretty impressive but the liquidity has been horrendous so it doesn't take a lot to move this market. There was a rather large asset allocation and when that got through, you had a lot of short covering and bottom fishing that just fed on itself.

It gives us a chance to stretch the field vertically, and it's a big asset getting those guys out of there.

John Owen

It gives them an opportunity to either pick up those assets on the cheap or to have someone else come in and re-franchise the area.

It has always been clear that The Washington Post is a company that is set up for the purpose of protecting the long-term interests of its assets and held together as a holding company.

I think today is a day of portfolio window dressing, with asset managers making sure they don't have cash sitting around for the end of the year, which tends to be favorable for stocks.

I think she'll be a huge asset at Alexander.

I think she'd be an asset to a lot of great teams out there.

Chipper Jones

I think chemistry is probably our greatest asset right now. It can only be a good thing. These guys are close knit.

I think Christchurch City Holdings will have to pay a premium to gain control of a strategic asset in the Canterbury region.

I think his greatest assets to Medici are his flavors and his personality. More than any other chef I ever worked with, he likes to come out and talk to people and welcome them back and remember how they like something prepared. 'What can I cook for you tonight?' is his attitude.

President Bush participated in briefings, phone calls and conversations throughout this process, and his administration was focused on making sure that the federal assets were in place to help the people of New Orleans.

Patty's athleticism will really be an asset to our team. I feel that she has a lot of potential. I think she'll develop her hockey skills to a high level of play.

John Ford

Part of the reason we're doing this is that we like both the assets and the people.

Jacques Chirac

Our objective is simple: to give Europe back its dynamism, ... It has all the assets to be at front of the global economy. But, faced with international competition, there is urgency.

Our mandate is to operate our assets as efficiently and as cost-effectively as possible. We don't see a sound business case for returning Units 2 and 3 to service.

Our nation is a $10 trillion-per-year economy currently possessing $19 trillion in household asset value and $11 trillion in homeowners' equity. Losses of $110 billion - spread over several years - would come to only about one percent of the total national homeowners' equity.

Jeff Smith

Steve said he ran out of running rail where the gap appeared, otherwise it would have been easier and, in my view, that was a good performance beating horses like Asset and Close To You.

States are required to return money and other assets obtained through corruption to the country from which they were stolen.

Splitting up the assets makes infinite sense, not only from a financial perspective but from an operating perspective or competitive perspective.. No one wants market dominance to take place. The shipping community certainly doesn't want it, even the competing railroads out West don't want it.

Stan O'Neal has been a great asset on the GM Board and to General Motors management over his 5 years of service as a director. We are grateful for his many positive contributions to General Motors and wish him the best.

Some funds shift their assets heavily, but it's really hard to blunt the blow of volatility. Negative returns in the double digits are not uncommon.

I encourage them to interview other financial planners during the process. I give them names of other planners in town and I continue to manage their assets only for the short term until they have found that new relationship with a financial planner. I find it a conflict of interest to represent both.

For us, certain defenders may just have the assets to match up with a certain opponent.

For the vast majority of Americans, their home is their largest and most valuable asset, and in a period of rising housing prices and increased concerns about a possible housing bubble, reliable information on their biggest asset is extremely important.

Ivan Glasenberg

I thought if we could put our hard-working culture as traders into the asset management, it will be a great combination, and we did do that.

With borrowing costs on the rise and the wealth effect from real estate assets diminishing, something has to give.

While Greenspan has very well defined views on inflation targeting and asset price targeting, he took a step back and left them as issues on the table for the next chairman.

There are prominent problems that call for our attention, such as rapid growth of investment in fixed assets and of bank loans.

Barry Ritholtz

Asset managers have different approaches, and I don't wish to suggest there is only one way to run money. There are many ways one can attempt to reduce risk, improve performance, lower drawdowns and reduce volatility.

Barry Ritholtz

No one knows what the top-performing asset class will be next year. Lacking this prescience, your next-best solution is to own all of the classes and rebalance regularly.

Barry Ritholtz

Owning a variety of asset classes means that some part of your portfolio will be doing well when the cyclical turmoil arises. A broadly diversified portfolio includes large capitalization stocks, small cap, emerging markets, fixed income, real estate and commodities.

We're talking about an ultra-catastrophe, where the need is such that the military's training and assets would meet an immediate need in support of Homeland Security coordination of the federal government's responsibility and recovery efforts,