Paul McCulley quotes

“You don't get the attention of gluttons by starving anorexics.”
-- Paul McCulley

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“Remember, benchmark performance -- beta -- can be had for virtually free; alpha is what active managers are paid to generate.”
-- Paul McCulley

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“The lion's share of the bear market is over, ... It's a two-part issue. Yes, the marketplace could be nasty. But there's a great deal of nastiness that's already happened in the bond market.”
-- Paul McCulley

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“The essence of the problem is that the war against inflation is over, ... Ever since 1979 the Fed was fighting a war against inflation, and you always knew which way you wanted the inflation rate to go over the long run -- down.”
-- Paul McCulley

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“The bond market is debating with itself what the intent of the Fed is. I don't think the Fed has a multi-step process. They are taking it step by step.”
-- Paul McCulley

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“Rightly or wrongly, most Americans look at mortgage equity withdrawal as the closest thing to a free lunch.”
-- Paul McCulley

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“In many of the things that people do, they themselves are the centre of attention, but they inscribe some other name on their banner.”

“I have the Pleasure to assure you Congress pay particular Attention to the Defence of New Jersey, and hitherto have denied us nothing which we have Asked for that Purpose.”

“Most people would far rather be seen through than not be seen at all.”

Source : Ada Leverson (2012). “Tenterhooks”, p.219, tredition

“History is made every day. The challenge is getting everyone to pay attention to it.”

Source : "Do We Treat History Like a Dead Language?" by Adora Svitak, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 28, 2011.

“Toe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming.”

“The planet is in distress and all of the attention is on Paris Hilton.”

“I don't really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I've never been to therapy so there's probably a lot of stuff about myself that I don't know.”

“Every day I've got to hear about unemployment and people starving.”

“It has to be admitted that starving nations never seem to be quite so starving that they cannot afford to have far more expensive armaments than anybody else.”

“There are children in Africa, starving to death, and you don't hear them whinging.”