Economies Of Scale Are A Good Thing.

I'm Not Going To Name Anybody, But I Think There Are About Five To 10 Global Institutions That Will Emerge As Our Primary Competitors Across The Board. They're Adjusting To This New World, Like We Are.

We've Had Fairly Consistent Financial Results.

If You Can't Use Dividends, It's Not A Bad Thing To Give It Back To Your Shareholders. They'll Use It Somewhere Else.

When The Secretary Of Treasury, The Head Of The Central Bank, The Head Of The Fdic (federal Deposit Insurance Corp.), And The Head Of The New York Fed Say, "we Want You To Do This Because We Think It's In The Best Interest Of The United States Of America," You Know, We're Like The Japanese. We're A Little Patriotic That Way. We Said, "yes, Sir!"

There Are Two Types Of Depreciation. There Is One Where You're Manipulating Currencies. And That's Not What Japan Is Doing.