“The investment business has taught me – increasingly as the years have passed – that people, especially investors (and, I believe, Americans), prefer good news and wishful thinking to bad news; and that there are always vested interests to offer facile, optimistic alternatives to the bad news.” PeopleThinkingYearsBelieveI BelieveInterestTaughtOffersNewsInvestmentOptimisticAlternativesInvestorsGood NewsBad NewsWishful ThinkingVested Interests Author:Jeremy Grantham
“I don't think I've been too optimistic. The government believes the contraction will be around 1.5 per cent, as the central bank said. However, we're waiting to see the Commission estimate.” ThinkingBelieveSaidGovernmentWaitingOptimisticCentsCentral BanksContractions Author:Luis de Guindos
“One downside of being an optimist is that optimistic people tend to forget yesterday's trauma in the belief that everything will turn out well. This can keep people in bad relationships because they genuinely believe that things will always improve.” PeopleBelieveWellsTurnsBeliefWomenForgetTraumaYesterdayOptimisticOptimistBad Relationship Author:Amy Dickinson
“I'm optimistic. I really believe people in power want to do the right thing.” PeopleWantBelieveOptimisticRight Thing Author:Brigid Schulte