"President-elect Trump is inheriting a relatively strong economy, and markets are pricing in faster growth under his watch."
"U.S. stocks did not recoil from Trump's electoral victory, instead setting a record for election-to-year-end gains."
"The most compelling economic and geopolitical story in 2017 will almost certainly revolve around China. The world's most populous country bankrolled an economic boom with high levels of debt and leverage, with which the government is now forced to reckon."
"Beijing is trying to split the baby between simultaneously liberalizing the economy and maintaining economic stability, but those two factors are increasingly mutually exclusive."
"Only in 1999 and 1984 have we seen a persistently strong dollar and strong risk appetite harmoniously co-exist."
"While Saudi Arabia tries to usher in the post-oil era, its citizens struggle to adjust to a more diversified capitalist society."
"I never read one book at a time."
"I am a junk food eater."
"I lived in London, went to the London School of Economics, do a lot of business in London, and have a lot of fun in London."
"I believe in decentralized management that includes a lot of delegation, empowerment, and accountability."
"On the back of comic books in the 1970s, there was something called the American Seed Company. They would send you a cardboard box full of seeds; kids would sell them door-to-door in the neighborhood and then pick from a catalog of prizes. I bought myself a watch that way."
"I had come from a middle-class family in Port Washington, Long Island, and I was really clueless about Wall Street. My first job there I basically got fired from."
"Unfortunately, my dad had a brain tumor, and my father-in-law passed away from leukemia, so I spend a lot of time on those two causes. I also tend to support military charities like Warrior Gateway, which helps guys transition from combat back into civilian life."
"There are always myriad choices in life - some work out, some don't, and you just have to focus on the present."
"My dad was in a union."
"We're losing jobs in our manufacturing base, and those families that are going to be out of work over the holidays, that is a very sad thing. That is more governmental dependency. That is a reduced tax revenue for the state and for the federal government."
