Quotes about "Personal Finance & Financial Independence"

As long as I'm here living and breathing, I'm going to be moving. ”

The best thing I have are 5 percent bonds from 1780, denominated from $1 to $20. As far as I can tell, they are obligations from the United States of America, so I should be able to walk down to the Federal Reserve and redeem the uncanceled ones. With 217 years of accrued interest, for a $20 bond, that's about $800,000. ”

If you are a gay couple living in Alabama, you know one thing: your family has no standing under the law; and it can and will be violated by strangers. ”

I like the relative literacy of at least some of England. I mean, I didn't come for the food or the weather! ”

Hank Paulson, obviously, had spent his career on Wall Street, had a deep knowledge of the Street, and also was a very forceful personality, had a very good relationship with the president, and was in a very different place, for example, than Ben Bernanke, who is an academic, quiet guy: spent most of his time thinking about monetary policy. ”

If I could only follow one person on Twitter, it would be Heidi Moore. She's a financial journalist at NPR's Marketplace. ”

Perhaps the biggest economic shift during Obama's presidency came from a piece of legislation that wasn't sold as such. On March 21, 2010, Congress passed the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. It was Obama's boldest piece of legislation and the one that will most likely define him. ”

The euphoria around economic booms often obscures the possibility for a bust, which explains why leaders typically miss the warning signs. ”

There are those on Wall Street and in the plutocracy who feel that Geithner is a hero who deftly steered the country from economic ruin. To many ordinary Americans, however, he is considered a Wall Street puppet and a servant of the so-called banksters. ”

All of our columnists have areas of interest and expertise that they will return to frequently, but the subject matter of any given column is up to them. ”