As the markets were plummeting in midsummer and analysts were feeling around for the bottom, Thomas Galvin of Credit Suisse First Boston told The Washington Post that "investors are unwilling to catch the falling knife".
Is it time to catch the falling knife?
At the time, Warburg executives felt that they could catch the proverbial falling knife, investing in a troubled company at the moment that its problems were coming to a head, and riding the recovery to a tidy profit.
Investing now, absent a better understanding of the risks and stronger signs of stability, is like trying to catch the proverbial falling knife.
Trump is boarding the trend on the upswing, especially as it pertains to jobs, wages and incomes, whereas Obama "caught the falling knife," as the old saying goes.
You can catch the National Theatre of Scotland's Knives in Hens at the Tramway in Glasgow, while the Tron takes on the Oran Mor hit, Casablanca: the Gin Joint Cut, which does exactly what it says on the tin.
When he was caught with the knives last week, he told sheriff's deputies he was at a downtown sporting goods store that day and bought the weapons as gifts, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
But it's now become apparent that the metal detectors on Burnett's final flight never caught the box cutters and knives that the terrorists reportedly brought on board.
Near term, I would not try to buy the dollar against the yen, its like trying to catch a knife, its a risky bet, Bryson said.
