Quotes of the Day

Most banks have a list of acceptable appraisers. When appraisers do appraisals for a bank, they tend to protect their trusted position with the bank. When they do appraisals for vendors, they tend towards the higher end of the range. [2009] - Don R. Campbell

You have to look at rolling 20-year periods before there's a very high probability of equity returns close to 8% average. This means if your time horizon or temperament prevents you from thinking that far ahead, you need to dampen your portfolio with an allocation to high-quality bonds. This will lower your expected return, but that is the inevitable trade-off between risk and reward. [2021] - Dan Bortolotti

A large European study of almost 25,000 individuals demonstrated that sleeping six hours or less was associated with a 40 percent increased risk of developing cancer, relative to those sleeping seven hours a night or more. [2017] - Matthew Walker

Sometimes, processing can make foods healthier. For example, tomato juice appears to be the one common juice that may actually be healthier than the whole fruit. the processing of tomato products boosts the availability of the antioxidant red pigment lycopene by as much as fivefold. Similarly, the removal of fat from cacao beans to make cocoa powder improves the nutritional profile. Using my definition of "nothing bad added, nothing good taken away", steel-cut oats, rolled oats, and even (plain) instant oatmeal can be considered unprocessed. [2015] - Michael Greger

It's completely acceptable for a woman to hint that it's time to meet up--or to ask him herself. [2013] - Laurie Davis