1.   And to think, you went to college for some lousy investment banker job or teacher gig.

2.   But economists note that if the private accounts paid their share of this debt burden, they too would look like lousy investments.

3.   But while they are wonderful businesses, Buffett said, they have proven to be lousy investments.

4.   In the meantime, Harmon expects most service providers to be lousy short-term investments.

5.   The implicit assumption is that gold, which does not pay interest, is a lousy investment.

6.   We who are getting older will be getting a lot of cold calls from sleazy brokers trying to sell us a lot of lousy investments.

7.   Would Congress ride to the rescue of retirees who make lousy investment decisions, thereby encouraging everyone else to gamble?