Quotes of the Day

Learn to check out food labels: 5g or more of saturated fat per 100g and 10g or more of sugars per 100g is a lot. 0.5g or more of sodium per 100g is high. [2019] - Diana Moran

Dow Theory covered trends extensively, breaking them down into three categories. The first is the primary trend, which lasts from a few months to many years and represents the dominant market direction. The secondary trend is a price movement that can last from a few weeks to a few months and is defined as a corrective stage for a market. Daily fluctuations, or the short-term trend, last from a few hours to a few days--rarely longer than a week--and represent very short-term reactions and corrections that often are brought about by fundamental developments or scheduled news releases. [1932] - Robert Rhea

Smiling at the appropriate time, such as during the opening stages of a negotiating situation where people are sizing each other up, produces a positive response on both sides of the table that gives more successful outcomes and higher sales ratios. [2004] - Allan Pease

If you want to sound really professional, yet warm, change the subject line from "Out of the office" to "I am away until April 1." [2009] - Leil Lowndes

Will gold price go up in a straight line? Of course not. No market ever does that. I expect one or more corrections along the way--sharp plunges by as much as 20 or 25 percent. But these will be mere bumps along the road. In fact, savvy investors will treat them as the buying opportunities that they are. [2009] - James DiGeorgia