You never know exactly how new policies are going to work. That doesn't mean you shouldn't try them.

We've had fairly consistent financial results.

On Wall Street, there is no "Wall Street"; there are individuals.

That's probably good, all things being equal, for emerging markets, not bad, even though it may not be great for all their currencies.

All businesses tend to pass costs onto customers.

If you were a corporation needing financial services, and I can give you something better, faster, and cheaper across 12 products as opposed to eight, that's business. I'm doing it because I'm serving you; I'm not doing it because I want to be universal.

When the secretary of treasury, the head of the central bank, the head of the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.), and the head of the New York Fed say, "We want you to do this because we think it's in the best interest of the United States of America," you know, we're like the Japanese. We're a little patriotic that way. We said, "Yes, sir!"