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" As a novelist, I tell stories and people give me money. Then financial planners tell me stories and I give them money. "

Martin Cruz Smith

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" I was not thinking about infinite multipliers when I was 10. But I did have a father who was a Ph.D. in commerce and finance and an intellectual man. And so I had a feeling, probably about the time I went to college, that I would try to be a scholar and teacher, but I didn't know which field. "

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" After two decades of personal finance reporting, I've heard every excuse in the book for not saving money. That said, none of them really hold up - at least over the long term. "

" It is incredible to come to work every day surrounded by individuals whose insights and efforts place us at the forefront of finance. "

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