Rick Santelli Quotes

United States, Editor
July 6, 1956

Rick John Santelli is an editor for the CNBC Business News network. He joined CNBC as an on-air editor on June 14, 1999, reporting primarily from the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade. He was formerly the vice president for an institutional trading and hedge fund account for futures-related products. He is also credited as being a catalyst in the early formation of the Tea Party movement via a statement he made on February 19, 2009.

One thing that served me well with clients was that you back your winners and you back your losers.

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- Back
- Serve
- Winners
You need more people to perpetuate a myth because if the people stop the myth is known to all.

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- People
- Myth
- Perpetuate

At the end of the day, the markets are my passion.

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If you read our Founding Fathers, people like Benjamin Franklin and Jefferson - what we're doing now in this country is making them roll over in their graves.

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In normal times, investors should pay more attention to the credit markets because it's the energy by which everything is driven. It's the oil in the engine.

Rick Santelli
I try to avoid political ties.

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- Try
- Avoid
- Ties
I don't believe anyone should ignore all the fires around you and stand pat and not worry about getting singed.

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I'm pretty darn happy with my day job.

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- Job
- Happy
- Day

The government is promoting bad behavior.

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We have mountain of debt that isn't going away and all the problems are here to stay, and anybody who tells you that is a good thing ought to get out of the business of helping the government down the road.

Rick Santelli