“If the United States is to produce a nation of investors-as we must if we are to gain financial world-leadership-it is imperative that boards of directors be so constituted as to adequately represent the interests and inspire the complete confidence of investors of moderate substance.” IfsWorldStatesNationsInterestWealthUnitedUnited StatesProduceInspireDirectorsGainsFinancialSubstanceBoardsInvestorsModeratesImperativesBoard Of Directors Author:B. C. Forbes
“Nothing highlights better the continuing gap between rhetoric and substance in British financial services than the failure of providers here to emulate Jack Bogle's index fund success in the United States. Every professional in the City knows that index funds should be core building blocks in any long-term investor's portfolio. Since 1976, the Vanguard index funds has produced a compound annual return of 12 percent, better than three-quarters of its peer group.” KnowsShouldLongStatesThreeTermUnitedCitiesUnited StatesGroupsBuildingReturnPercentInvestingFinancialBritishCoreBlockSubstanceLong TermFundGapsInvestorsQuartersContinuingRhetoricPeersCompoundsAnnualsHighlightsEmulateProvidersPortfoliosBuilding BlocksVanguardIndex FundsFinancial ServicesPeer Group Author:Jonathan Davis
“We have launched an international campaign to legalize coca leaves, and we want the United Nations to remove coca from its list of toxic substances. Scientists proved long ago that coca leaves are not toxic.” WantLongNationsUnitedScientistInternationalListsCampaignsSubstanceRemoveToxicLong AgoUnited Nations Author:Evo Morales
“Oil is also essential for military operations. No other substance, no other raw material, is so vital for the prosecution of warfare, than petroleum. And the United States being the world's only global power, is totally dependent on petroleum.” WorldStatesUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryMaterialsEssentialsOilSubstanceOperationsDependentWarfareRaw MaterialsProsecutionPetroleumMilitary Operations Author:Michael Klare