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

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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...

I think there's a tide that tends to carry historians back to the past.

I think there's a tide that tends to carry historians back to the past.

The founding fathers were not only brilliant, they were system builders and systematic thinkers. They...

The founding fathers were not only brilliant, they were system builders and systematic thinkers. They...

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...

There is a kind of fear, approaching a panic, that's spreading through the Baby Boom...

There is a kind of fear, approaching a panic, that's spreading through the Baby Boom...

Once the brokerage house, rather than the bank, became the locus for American savings, that...

Once the brokerage house, rather than the bank, became the locus for American savings, that...

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...

In the 1920s, Wall Street was a world that was really dominated by professional speculators...

In the 1920s, Wall Street was a world that was really dominated by professional speculators...

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...

In the 1920s you could buy stocks on margin. You could put 10 percent down...

In the 1920s you could buy stocks on margin. You could put 10 percent down...

A crash really occurs when you suddenly have a violent downturn in the market that...

A crash really occurs when you suddenly have a violent downturn in the market that...

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...

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...

Any bull market covers a multitude of sins, so there may be all sorts of...

Any bull market covers a multitude of sins, so there may be all sorts of...

That strategy of buy and hold, which is the sound and sensible one for the...

That strategy of buy and hold, which is the sound and sensible one for the...

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...

One of the special characteristics of New York is that it is different from a...

One of the special characteristics of New York is that it is different from a...

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...

The best argument for mutual funds is that they offer safety and diversification. But they...

The best argument for mutual funds is that they offer safety and diversification. But they...

Hamilton had one of those extraordinary 18th-century minds that touched on virtually every major topic...

Hamilton had one of those extraordinary 18th-century minds that touched on virtually every major topic...