Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Greenspan's words

From BL archives:

Alan Greenspan, during his speech in 1996 at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research said: “Clearly, sustained low inflation implies less uncertainty about the future, and lower risk premiums imply higher prices of stocks and other earning assets. We can see that in the inverse relationship exhibited by price/earnings ratios and the rate of inflation in the past. But how do we know when - - has unduly escalated asset values, which then become subject to unexpected and prolonged contractions as they have in Japan over the past decade?” Fill in the blanks with a two-word phrase, which has now become famous among investors.

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Who's this tennis player?

This South American tennis player’s surname is Persian for “One who makes horseshoes.” Who’s he?

Sunday, November 04, 2007

Novel and controversial ...

From BL archives:

It wasn't the first time the No. 9 batsman was using this brand in a Test match. It was, in fact, the second time! But it came under close scrutiny from rivals England during a Test match at Perth in December 1979. The batsman would later recount in his autobiography Menace that he was merely marketing the product. The No. 9 batsman was the business partner of Graham Monoghan, who is said to have developed the product for recreation use. Which product or brand are we talking about?