Financial Health Quotes

Sales fixes everything.

If you can follow only one bit of data, follow the earnings - assuming the company in question has earnings. I subscribe to the crusty notion that sooner or later earnings make or break an investment in equities. What the stock price does today, tomorrow, or next week is only a distraction.

Revenue cures everything in the business world.

Health can make money, but money cannot make health.

You've got to exercise. Your health account, your bank account, they're the same thing. The more you put in, the more you can take out.

Stock market corrections, although painful at the time, are actually a very healthy part of the whole mechanism, because there are always speculative excesses that develop, particularly during the long bull market.

We tend to focus on assets and forget about debts. Financial security requires facing up to the big picture: assets minus debts.

Never take your eyes off the cash flow because it's the life blood of business.

Our liquidity is fine. As a matter of fact, it's better than fine. It's strong.

Lenders look at potential borrowers from many angles before extending credit: How much of its income will a household need to put into debt repayment? How large is the down payment? Does the borrower have a job with a stable income? What is the borrower's credit score?

Credit is an 'I love debt' score.

Your credit score affects the interest rates you're offered on credit cards and loans, can be used to vet your job application, and in some states may influence your insurance premiums.

You can't have a healthy economy without sound money, which is why we're on the verge of very serious economic problem.

We should see better and more direct measurements of economic well being.

It is impossible to understand the financial health of big financial institutions and their potential impact on the market. They don't even understand it themselves.

It's extremely important for our banks to have more capital, higher quality capital.

Without deficit reduction, we cannot have sustained economic growth.

I'm satisfied it's very black, meaning 'in the black'.

Divestment measures would improve overall banking sector health.

Tough decisions have to be made to close our fiscal gap, stabilise our debt, and restore our state-owned enterprises to health.

The most important word in the world of money is cash flow. The second most important word is leverage.

Increased revenues, meaning higher taxes, will be a central element of any successful long-term budget plan, and President Obama is right to insist that the wealthy - the slice of America that has come through the recession in by far the best financial health - should provide those funds.

Reducing debt through budgetary consolidation is essential to restoring Europe's financial health.

An improving credit landscape means fewer loans are delinquent - and fewer people are needed to service these loans.

Credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs.