Quotes of the Day

The journalist Annette Schaefer referenced several commuting-related studies in her article in Scientific American. She says people with longer commutes are less happy. They spend far less time with their families and on their hobbies. Commuting also affects their health. Remember, time is the only nonrenewable resource we have. That’s why we should treasure it. If we choose to work at a job we hate because it pays a lot of money, we’re trading something precious for something that won’t necessarily improve our lives. If we want to maximize our health and happiness, that’s worth remembering. [2022] - Andrew Hallam

An underachieving employee will many times try to convince you that it is the models or systems that are wrong and not her behavior. You have to remember that you are judging results and not people. [2004] - Gary Keller

In Vancouver, British Columbia, for example, more than 100,000 homes include basement suites. They not only boost owner borrowing power, they also provide an essential supplement to the super-tight housing market in Vancouver. [2003] - Gary W. Eldred

We should always respect the presence of support and resistance levels on a price chart; they represent "invisible forces" that tend to repel prices away from them. [2008] - Yeo Keong Hee

I have found that certain currency pairs among the majors tend to respond better than others when it comes to trading major news releases. Out of the four majors, EUR/USD, USD/CHF and GBP/USD tend to be better candidates than USD/JPY as the European markets are normally still open during the time of US news releases. GBP/USD moved the most in terms of pips with a 60-pip move; USD/CHF and the EUR/USD moved nearly the same amount with a move of 45 pips, and the USD/JPY moved the least with a move of 30 pips. [2007] - Grace Cheng