Tough times helped many commodities traders become lean and mean through consolidation, mergers and cost cutting. All that excess supply has been sopped up.

Commodities tend to zig when the equity markets zag.

You don't train for only the 100-meter dash and you don't practice only the excerpts. When I prepared for auditions, I spent most of my time each day on scales and exercises to be my best in basic musicianship, and only a half-hour or so on the actual excerpts I'd be playing.

Beware of all politicians everywhere. They excelled at recess when they were in school but have excelled at little since.

Not one country in existence today has had the same borders and government for as long as two hundred years. The world will continue changing.

The most sensible skill that I can give to somebody born in 2003 is a perfect command of Mandarin.

If you want to make a lot of money, resist diversification.