“Good spectator sports share certain fundamentals. Their competitors battle head-to-head. Their winners are determined objectively: fastest runner, most points. They are refereed, not judged.”

“Many legal experts note that prosecutors regularly seek indictments of people or companies for destroying evidence or impeding investigations, even if they cannot prove other charges.”

“For value investors, General Motors is a tempting target. The company's share of the North American auto market has steadily declined for two decades, and analysts say the company suffers from weak management and unexciting cars.”

“Information technology departments must spend enormous amounts of time and money worrying about integrating big computer systems with billions of pieces of customer data.”

“Even technology companies get good news sometimes.”

“I know it's a cliche, but trust me on this. I once dated a Canadian. Canada = boring.”

“Trust the Canadians to produce a game about mutual funds that is actually more boring than the real thing.”

“Every public company depends to some extent on the trust of its investors.”

“Whatever the potential pitfalls, banks are increasingly enthusiastic about venture capital, particularly in new companies with strong prospects in fields like health care and technology.”

“Like many other banks and finance companies, Green Tree used a process called securitization to resell its home loans to outside investors. Green Tree grouped thousands of these small loans into a pool worth hundreds of millions of dollars.”

“Big banks have long had private equity divisions that put up capital for deals too complex or risky for individual shareholders to finance.”