UP, DOWN, ALL AROUND
“We’ve never seen a recession without the yield curve inverting, but the corollary is not true: Just because the yield curve inverts does not mean we’re going to have a recession.” – Jon Brorson, head of growth equities at Neuberger Berman, after short-term interest rates grew higher than long-term interest rates on Tuesday. Brorson said the inversion could be signaling just a harmless slowing in the economy.
KEEPING IT RUSTIC
“We have never felt that we needed to chase Keystone, Copper or Vail. That’s not what A-Basin is about.” – Greg Finch, executive vice president of Dundee Realty USA, which owns Arapahoe Basin Ski Area in Colorado. The company has proposed nearly doubling the area’s ski terrain without changing its rustic feel.
VENUS AND MARS ON THE INTERNET
“For men, it’s just, ‘Give me the facts.’ For women, it’s ‘Let’s talk about this.”‘ – Deborah Fallows, author of a Pew Foundation report about the differences between men and women who use the Internet.
THEY WANT TO SLIP INTO CROCS STOCK
“We’ve had clients call and say, ‘Let me know when that one is coming.”‘ – Tom Coxhead, senior vice president of RBC Dain Rauscher Inc., of Denver, about the public stock offering of Crocs, the Niwot-based shoemaker.
SHE’S NOT FEELING THE REMORSE
“I guess you hope that someone will realize the damage they have caused, but that did not seem apparent. His answers were rather flip.” – JoLynne Whiting, Qwest retiree, about former chief executive Joe Nacchio’s return to Denver to face 42 charges of illegal insider trading.
