“CNBC is a very serious-minded financial news network, and what we've seen thus far from Fox appears to be not as investment-focused or financially focused, and that's good for us.” SeriousNewsInvestmentFinancialFocusedFoxes Author:Jeff Zucker
“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 mean, these good folks are revolutionizing how businesses conduct their business. And, like them, I am very optimistic about our position in the world and about its influence on the United States. We're concerned about the short-term economic news, but long-term I'm optimistic. And so, I hope investors, you know - secondly, I hope investors hold investments for periods of time - that I've always found the best investments are those that you salt away based on economics.” KnowsWorldMeanLongStatesHumorPoliticalFoundTermUnitedUnited StatesInfluenceEconomicPositionPeriodsNewsConcernedEconomicsInvestmentFolksOptimisticLong TermInvestorsSaltShort TermPolitical HumorBest Investment Author:George W. Bush
“One of my strengths is I have a pretty even temperament. I don't get too high when it's high and I don't get too low when it's low. And what I found during the course of the presidency, and I suppose this is true in life, is that investments and work that you make back here sometimes take a little longer than the 24-hour news cycle to bear fruit.” LittlesSometimesLife IsCoursesFoundHoursBearsNewsLowsInvestmentFruitCyclesPresidencyTemperament Author:Barack Obama
“Beginning, perhaps, from the reasonable perspective that absolute objectivity is unattainable, Fox News and MSNBC no longer even attempt it. They show us the world not as it is, but as partisans (and loyal viewers) at either end of the political spectrum would like it to be. This is to journalism what Bernie Madoff was to investment: He told his customers what they wanted to hear, and by the time they learned the truth, their money was gone.” WorldEndsShowsWantedPoliticalGonePerspectiveNewsAbsolutesInvestmentCustomersJournalismReasonableLoyalFoxesViewersSpectrumObjectivityPartisansUnattainableFox NewsPolitical SpectrumMadoff Author:Ted Koppel
“If partisanship makes us abandon intellectual honesty, if we oppose what our opponents say or do simply because they are the ones saying or doing it, we become mere political short-sellers, hoping for bad news because it's good for our ideological investment.” IfsPoliticalHonestyNewsIntellectualMereInvestmentOpponentsAbandonIdeologicalBad NewsSellersPartisanshipIntellectual Honesty Author:Kurt Andersen
“Good relations with Russia are great news. Putting a stop to the [Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership] is great news. Defending American industry against the invasion of Chinese products. Renegotiating the role of NATO. And a similar approach on the issue of immigration. This is all great news.” RolesIssuesProductsIndustryApproachNewsRelationTradeInvestmentRussiaImmigrationChinesePartnershipInvasionNatoGreat News Author:Matteo Salvini
“Turbulence is a condition that we all experience during a flight when the plane is bouncing around by competing air currents. By analogy, the economy may bounce around a lot because of competing currents of public moods and investments. One week everyone might be optimistic and then suddenly something happens to turn everyone into pessimists. Investment dries up and investors become risk averse. A sudden piece of good news then turns around the public mood.” MayMightHappensTurnsEconomyPiecesRiskAirWeekConditionsNewsInvestmentCurrentsMoodThings HappenFlightOptimisticPlanesInvestorsCompetingGood NewsPessimistAnalogiesBounceBeing OptimisticTurbulence Author:Philip Kotler