I'm not wedded to covering the markets. I'm intrigued by the markets. If I can connect Main Street with Wall Street, then I've succeeded.
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I'm not averse to helping Wall Street when it helps Main Street.
I've never been on Wall Street. And I care about Wall Street for one reason and one reason only because what happens on Wall Street matters to Main Street.
I've always wanted to invest. That's why I started working on Wall Street in the first place, back in 1986 when I went through the Salomon Brothers training program.
I'm not anti-Wall Street - I'm anti-distortions to free markets.
We don't have sales trading, brokerage, capital lending - any of those kinds of things that got some of the Wall Street firms a little bit in trouble.
I'm not a Wall Street expert, but I can read the papers.
Many markets work best with little or no outside interference. But others - especially those subject to big 'externalities' - need a helping hand.
When I visit new places, I like to see the markets.
All roads lead to Wall Street, but we feel the effects of Wall Street on every street corner. Certainly in Syracuse, N.Y., where I live.
Although we work through financial markets, our goal is to help Main Street, not Wall Street.