One Of The Special Characteristics

A Prudent Silence Will Frequently Be Taken For Wisdom And A Sentence Or Two Cautiously Thrown In Will Sometimes Gain The Palm Of Knowledge, While A Man Well Informed But Indiscreet And Unreserved Will Not Uncommonly Talk Himself Out Of All Consideration And Weight. (alexander Hamilton's 'thesis On Discretion' Written To His Son James Shortly Before His Fatal Duel With Burr.)

There Is A Kind Of Fear, Approaching A Panic, That's Spreading Through The Baby Boom Generation, Which Has Suddenly Discovered That It Will Have To Provide For Its Own Retirement.

When News Of The Crash Came, Probably A Lot Of People In Small Towns And Farms Across America Felt A Sense Of Grim Satisfaction That The Sinners Had Finally Been Punished For Their Wicked Ways.

Mutual Funds Give People The Sense That They're Investing With The Big Boys And That They're Really Not At A Disadvantage Entering The Stock Market.

In The 1920s You Could Buy Stocks On Margin. You Could Put 10 Percent Down And Borrow The Rest Against Your Stocks.