[Mutual funds] don't last as long as you would expect; for example in the 1990s over 50 percent of all the mutual funds that have been in business during the decade are no longer here, ... If you invest in a firm you want to hold it long-term, but if the fund doesn't exist your option is nil. |
Capitalism requires a structure and value system that people believe in and can depend on. |
I knew if the board was gracious to me, I'd respond with similar grace. Board membership isn't that important to me, and this was the most peaceful, decent thing to do. |
I think a line was crossed; there was a rebate and that is just not permitted. |
I've never seen fear take over like this in my whole career. |
If you have a billion bucks and a sense of power you will fight everything. I guess that is what is best about America and what is worst about America. |
In the long run it's something everybody will be doing because it reduces costs. |
Jack Brennan is the best person I could possibly have found, |
Stock options have failed abjectly to do what they were ballyhooed to do. |
The Commission's new proposals for compensation disclosure provide a timely opportunity to rectify the previous omission of compensation data for mutual- fund executives. |
The scandal is not what's illegal. It's what's legal. |
These kind of bubbles are something that everyone participates in. That's why they are bubbles. |
We now have an equity fund industry that's [worth] $2 trillion, and if everyone wants their $2 trillion back tomorrow, they're not going to get it, |
We've let the investor down in a great bull market. |