EFTA00389641.pdf

From: Will Ford < lial> To: undisclosed-recipients:; Bcc: "a t *MIEllin Subject: June 3rd tidbits & quotes Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2013 10:48:36 +0000 Attachments: All_Hail!!_-_The_New_Yorker Jun_10,_2013.pdf Former President Richard Nixon holds the record for most appearances on the cover of Time magazine. "A few minutes after Russell Hall and Gary Jackson, London taxi-drivers, arrived at a gas station in Hell's Kitchen one recent afternoon, looking for taxi-drivers with whom to discuss Hailo—a taxi-hailing smartphone app that they had helped develop in the U.K.—a yellow cab reversed across West Forty-fourth Street and crashed into a wall of plastic traffic barriers. The driver, who on some level seemed to be parallel parking, pulled forward, then reversed again, and struck a taxi parked on the other side of the street. . . ." (to continue reading "All Hail" by Ian Parker from the June 10-17 New Yorker, open the attachment) "A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval." - Mark Twain • Foreclosure transactions accounted for 21% of all home sales vs. 25% last year and a peak of 45% in Q1 2009. • A US Trust study of high net worth individuals ($3MM+) found that 88% feel financially secure and 70% feel confident about their security in the future. • 56% have a "substantial" amount of funds in cash accounts. • Only 16% plan to invest that cash in the next couple of months. • Only 40% plan to invest over the next two years. • 35% have no plans to move their funds out of cash "If there's magic in boxing, it's the magic of fighting battles beyond endurance, beyond cracked ribs, ruptured kidneys and detached retinas. It's the magic of risking everything for a dream that nobody sees but you." - Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris, Million Dollar Baby EFTA00389641