?A central bank is best that governs least, but is prepared to govern radically when called upon,? said 19th century man of letters, Walter Bagehot, an early editor of The Economist
?We?re still operating off of Jackson Hole, 2011 when Ben Bernanke delivered his famous speech preceding quantitative easing,? said foreign exchange trader, Ira Harris.
?You can reduce discretionary spending down to zero and it won?t have much impact on our fiscal problems because it?s such a small proportion of the total,? said Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve.
?You have to be very careful giving up analogue dollars for digital pennies,? said Jeff Zuker, CEO of NBC.
?I try to buy stock in businesses that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them. Because sooner or later, one will.? said oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett.
?We don?t want to go from Wild Turkey to cold turkey overnight,? said Richard Fisher, president of the Dallas Federal Reserve.
?It?s basically evil, and I don?t think it should ever be allowed to reach the size that it did. Why should everyone pay a small group of people to basically engage in legalized front running of our orders,? said Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman, Charlie Munger, about high frequency trading.
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?I don?t know who spends more, Democrats or Republicans, but Democrats seem to enjoy it more,? said former Federal Reserve governor, Bob McTeer.
?The private economy is OK here. It is absorbing these body blows from Washington. Housing and energy could offset the shenanigans coming out of there,? said Stephen Wood, CIO with Russell Investments Group.
?The longer that we see consistent returns in the stock market without messy 20% pullbacks, the more people are going to feel safe owning equities, and the more likely money comes out of bonds,? said Tom Lee of Fundstrat Global Advisors.
