Mutual funds give people the sense that they're investing with the big boys and that they're really not at a disadvantage entering the stock market.

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Because of the love affair between the American public and the stock market, it is...

Because of the love affair between the American public and the stock market, it is...

We really haven't had very much experience with people funding their retirement out of the...

We really haven't had very much experience with people funding their retirement out of the...

The public has lost faith in the ability of Social Security and Medicare to provide...

The public has lost faith in the ability of Social Security and Medicare to provide...

A lot of the money in the stock market is really our national retirement plan,...

A lot of the money in the stock market is really our national retirement plan,...

I think those who invest in mutual funds want someone else to do the thinking...

I think those who invest in mutual funds want someone else to do the thinking...

One of the very nice things about investing in the stock market is that you...

One of the very nice things about investing in the stock market is that you...

Early on, New York already had a national and even international identity.

Early on, New York already had a national and even international identity.

There were two qualities about the mutual funds of the 1920s that made them extremely...

There were two qualities about the mutual funds of the 1920s that made them extremely...

The American public historically was really not part of the stock market.

The American public historically was really not part of the stock market.

By the late 1980s people realized that houses did not always appreciate and that they...

By the late 1980s people realized that houses did not always appreciate and that they...

The Great Inflation of the 1970s destroyed faith in paper assets, because if you held...

The Great Inflation of the 1970s destroyed faith in paper assets, because if you held...

In the 1970s we saw a massive shift of household savings from the banks to...

In the 1970s we saw a massive shift of household savings from the banks to...

Partly because his life ended before the age of 50, Hamilton was defined by the...

Partly because his life ended before the age of 50, Hamilton was defined by the...

There is no country in the world where it's as easy to find venture capital...

There is no country in the world where it's as easy to find venture capital...

I'm a biographer; I can live with a little hyperbole.

I'm a biographer; I can live with a little hyperbole.

I'm dubious about having Social Security put into the stock market. I think that we...

I'm dubious about having Social Security put into the stock market. I think that we...

I think one of the important things that's happened in the course of the century...

I think one of the important things that's happened in the course of the century...

The securities laws of the 1930s were so important because it forced companies to file...

The securities laws of the 1930s were so important because it forced companies to file...

If you go back to the time of J.P. Morgan, the world of high finance...

If you go back to the time of J.P. Morgan, the world of high finance...

When news of the crash came, probably a lot of people in small towns and...

When news of the crash came, probably a lot of people in small towns and...