We in the United States are very often - since we are a democracy and we have national interests, we've often made the mistake that a democracy has to adopt America's interests, and that is a contradiction because a democracy basically is people deciding what their interests are.

A global economy is characterized not only by the free movement of goods and services but, more important, by the free movement of ideas and of capital.

My approach works not by making valid predictions but by allowing me to correct false ones.

I am not a Zionist, nor am I am a practicing Jew, but I have a great deal of sympathy for my fellow Jews and a deep concern for the survival of Israel.

The key problem is the debt restructuring in the euro zone. As long as the debt burden is not reduced, there is no chance of the weaker EU countries regaining competitiveness.

Find the trend whose premise is false, and bet against it.

Markets can influence the events that they anticipate.