ICG became a dot-com joke, a one-stock example of extreme hubris on the part of its management and the investment bankers and sell-side analysts who embarrassed themselves by pumping it up.
JFK inherited three recessions from the Dwight D. Eisenhower years. And he wound up slashing tax rates across the board, for upper, middle and lower incomes as well as corporate investment. That's Kennedy the Democrat.
It is well documented that brands that increase advertising during a recession, when competitors are cutting back, can improve market share and return on investment at lower cost than during good economic times.
But investment in space stimulates society, it stimulates it economically, it stimulates it intellectually, and it gives us all passion.
There's usually room in the theme parks business for efficiencies on the cost side and new investment, which drives traffic.
From solar to electric cars, from geothermal to reconfiguring the grid, the scale of investment needed in green technologies in order to meet whatever agreements on emissions reductions are finally agreed will be immense.
More businesses should be following Apple's stance in encouraging more investment in sustainability.
Foreclosure is to no one's benefit. I've heard estimates that mortgage investors lose 40 to 50 percent on their investment if it goes into foreclosure.
In the 1987 stock market crash, according to the conclusions of the official Brady report, colossal sales of stock index futures by so-called portfolio insurers - whose investment strategies depended entirely on these derivatives - greatly exacerbated the 500-point market decline.
In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.
Western design houses have been exploring China in terms of investment for well over a decade.
Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return on their investment.
In a climate where governments are limited in what they can spend, trade and investment offer a path to fiscally responsible growth.
The Hunting Bayou and Greens Bayou watersheds have experienced major flooding over the years and are crying out for investment to protect the hundreds of thousands of residents and businesses in those areas.
Food stamps are an investment in our future.
China has created very good investment tools, including an entire network of very large funds. The Russian Private Investment Fund works with some of those funds, with China's largest investment funds.
Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.
While I'm sure some millennials are concerned with the ethical issues involved in mining for diamonds, the main reason they steer clear of the gems is because, well, they're a dumb investment.
In the post-industrial economy, ideas and great minds often provide far greater return on investment than any other resources or capital investments.