Yet, because of those seeking riches, we lead comfortable lives basically riding on their coattails.
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Once-bankrupt Kia Motors has been riding the coattails of South Korea's economic recovery for months.
" "However, the last film was so well-loved that the new film will benefit from those coattails.
Investors looking to ride these coattails might want to check out the Market Vectors Steel ETF ( SLX).
Despite all this unpleasantness Bulletin Board stocks are in vogue, riding on the coattails of legitimate Nasdaq companies like Intel.
Dave Roberts says this semiconductor maker rides on the coattails of Apple's success since it provides chips for Apple products.
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Dishonored hits shelves today, finding its way into console trays and Steam accounts on the coattails of across-the-board critical acclaim.
Its sales didn't take off until it could ride on Prozac's coattails.
When our portfolio company landed its deal with WhaleCo we all strapped ourselves in for an exciting and lucrative ride on their coattails.
The need to share our intimate experiences with those around us, to connect with another by clutching onto the coattails of a word.
After WhatsApp reached the top of the app-store rankings, WhatsApp employees noticed that other apps were hijacking its name to ride its coattails.
One group includes the short-term investors whose only concern is the quick profits they can score riding the coattails of an activist investor.
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They are only riding on the coattails of liberal education reformers.
Yet, gold also has had days lately when it rose on optimism about a fiscal-cliff resolution, riding the coattails of other risk assets in general, particularly the euro.
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Barack Obama's coattails to victory, but many struggled to portray themselves as belonging to the party of change in states where Democrats have been in power for decades.
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Some might have thrived had they ridden a celebrity's coattails--or if their chief executive had appeared on CNBC in boxer shorts, as Beyond.com's Mark Breier, 40, did this year.
While it is possible to trade this tape from the long side without the fins participating, an easier play would be to ride the coattails of the fins to the short side.
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Political analysts fear that if Bush, who holds a commanding lead in his 1998 re-election bid, has political coattails, Democrats could lose every statewide office on the ballot this year, according to the Washington Post.
But Reagan carried forward the pro-growth economic message that ultimately swept him to the nomination, and then to landslide victory in the fall, his coattails handing the Republicans control of the Senate, and effective control of the House.
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But given the changing economic times it is not all that different than what happened in the mid-sixties when an attempt was made to ride the coattails of the 1966 World Cup and to sell professional soccer in North America.
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