And so Fannie Mae PRODUCES very strong results for INVESTORS in - when interest rates are high and when interest rates are LOW, in RECESSION and during booms.

I am pleased with the RESPONSE of investors towards Philips Lighting and the successful pricing of the I.P.O. This strategic milestone will allow ROYAL Philips to focus on the fast-growing health technology MARKET.

You have to have in MIND what you WANT when you go PUBLIC. It's not just an end in and of itself. Suddenly, you have INVESTORS to satisfy. Investors who want - who DEMAND - a return.

Technology is a tough REALM to navigate as a younger woman who is not married. It can be hard to cultivate professional relationships because you have to be CONSCIOUS of how to ENGAGE potential INVESTORS.

It's NICE to do an IPO where your INVESTORS GET VALUE straightaway and the share PRICE pops up; it proves you left something on the table for them.

Instead of mindlessly tossing billions at or taking billions from the Net as such, investors should be spending their time MAKING sure that it's the future Fords and GENERAL Motors of cyberspace that are getting the CAPITAL they NEED.

In the early YEARS of Rent the RUNWAY, our challenge was twofold: getting investors to buy into our vision for how the WORLD was changing and getting women to UNDERSTAND that renting was a viable - let alone a smarter - alternative to spending HUNDREDS of dollars on dresses they would wear just once.

So much of what happened to India late last YEAR and early into 2011 is the same STORY we've SEEN with other BIG emerging markets, and that is that INVESTORS started to realize that the growth trajectory in India would have to get moderated by tightening policy.

Private EQUITY investors are an integral PART of the ECONOMY and should be celebrated for making our COUNTRY wealthier.

There is almost no limit to the ability of investors to IGNORE the LESSONS of the PAST.

I THINK average investors should not trade a LOT. The EVIDENCE is overpowering. The more you trade, the LESS you EARN.

What INVESTORS WANT is GROWTH, margin, and CASH.

Many investors make the mistake of BUYING high and SELLING LOW while the exact OPPOSITE is the right strategy.