Ron Chernow

The mutual fund industry and small investors are very relentless and very unforgiving if people don't perform.

A crash really occurs when you suddenly have a violent downturn in the market that then heralds a long bull market.

By the late 1980s people realized that houses did not always appreciate and that they could fluctuate like any other market commodity.

Influenced by Pete Seeger and the Weavers, McLean proudly wore the mantle of troubadour in the early 1970s, when 'American Pie' topped the Billboard charts, and has never shed the cape.

James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond.

It's interesting that Swiss banks also hide their assets from the Swiss by using offshore bank structuring.