What makes this story so remarkable is that throughout my early childhood I had ongoing learning difficulties, particularly in mathematics. I struggled to learn the multiplication table, and no matter how hard I tried, I simply couldn't remember 6 times 7 or 7 times 8.

While neurological studies have tried to identify components responsible for fear and greed, the impact on finance is less clear.

If you rank the top 50 one-day moves in the S&P 500, a fair number of those happened within the last five or 10 years. That tells you that we're in a different, riskier market now.

More and more investors may be coming into markets everywhere but that doesn't mean that the markets are really getting more and more efficient, even in the United States. It does mean that there is more access for savvy investors who watch the money flows.

I tried to get a job as a TV cameraman and they basically told me, 'You're mad, everyone wants these jobs - and if you go to England, you're doubly mad.' But I worked in abattoirs for 10 months to earn my money, then left for London. I didn't even know what a director did.

When it comes to finances, immigrants are far savvier than native-born Americans. They keep their expenses low. They save their money.

When we are not extracting wealth from nature, we are extracting it from the working and middle classes.

I don't wanna hear nobody complain that they're getting paid all this money and people won't leave them alone. It's part of it.