Jane Bryant Quinn
Jane Bryant Quinn
Jane Bryant Quinnis an American financial journalist. She is one of the nation's leading commentators on personal finance. Her policy columns have addressed matters of top concern to citizens, including investor protection, health insurance, Social Security, and the sufficiency of retirement plans...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth5 February 1939
CountryUnited States of America
needs
You get the most out of what you need the least.
real tickets forget
Stock prices aren't real things. They're just froth on a wave. The wave is the only real thing, which investors forget when they're watching the ticket slither by.
appreciation flower home
For all the huffing and puffing of the doubters, a home of our own is still the rock on which our hopes are built. Price appreciation aside (and most houses will appreciate, eventually), homeownership is a state of mind. It's your piece of the earth. It's where a family's toes grow roots. It's where the flowers are yours, not God's.
trying claims interest
Never try to time the bond market. Anyone who claims to know the future of interest rates is certifiable.
debt minus security
You normally don't get a margin call unless your securities, minus the debt, are worth 30% or less of their nominal market value.
way facts wealth
It's a fact: stock investors sometimes lose money on their way to wealth. Get over it.
years tomorrow evidence
No one knows what stocks will do tomorrow, but the evidence is clear as to how they'll perform over 10 or 20 years. They will almost certainly go up.
retirement character challenges
It's daring and challenging to be young and poor, but never to be old and poor. Whatever resources of good health, character, and fortitude you bring to retirement, remember, also, to bring money.
political election should
Where you stand should not depend on where you sit.
money giving advice
A faithfully kept program of savings and conservative investments can give you more money and a better life than that of your neighbors who spend everything they get. This is probably the oldest financial advice in the world, but there are some things you can't improve on.
money commitment maturity
You don't date an annuity, you marry it. An annuity isn't a mutual fund that you buy today and sell tomorrow. Nor is it a certificate of deposit, ready for any new use at maturity. When you buy an annuity, you are making (or ought to be making) a 15- or 20-year commitment, at least.
giving-up numbers ems
The rule on staying alive as a forecaster is to give 'em a number or give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at once.
money towns bankers
Everyone needs a small-town banker. Especially in a big town.
lawyer
Buy a friend; hire a lawyer.