Ben Lackey

“The 2012 Ibbotson® Stocks, Bonds, Bills, and Inflation® Classic Yearbook, published by Morningstar, Inc., is one of the best sources of up-to-date information regarding the performance of various U.S. capital market investment alternatives. The data cover the period from 1926 to the present.”
― Roger C. Gibson, Asset Allocation: Balancing Financial Risk

“I visited on a day when the project’s kickoff (and ultimate ROI) had been delayed by three months due to a last-minute review requested by something called the “excellence assurance center of excellence” (that is not a typo). The”
― Brent Adamson, The Challenger Customer: Selling to the Hidden Influencer Who Can Multiply Your Results

“Cactus finches do more with cactus than Plains Indians did with buffalo. They nest in cactus; they sleep in cactus; they often copulate in cactus; they drink cactus nectar; they eat cactus flowers, cactus pollen, and cactus seeds. In return they pollinate the cactus, like bees.”
― Jonathan Weiner, The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time

“No liquid investment alternatives with stable guaranteed principal values exist that can provide real returns by consistently beating the combined impact of inflation and income taxes.”
― Roger C. Gibson, Asset Allocation: Balancing Financial Risk