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

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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...

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...

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...

I have developed a very strong partiality for the dead: they don't talk back, they...

I have developed a very strong partiality for the dead: they don't talk back, they...

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.

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...

When the market is just going up, up, and up, we all tend to be...

When the market is just going up, up, and up, we all tend to be...

As a bull market continues, almost anything you buy goes up. It makes you feel...

As a bull market continues, almost anything you buy goes up. It makes you feel...

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...

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...

What I find very interesting about the mutual funds managers is that here are people...

What I find very interesting about the mutual funds managers is that here are people...

You don't want too much fear in a market, because people will be blinded to...

You don't want too much fear in a market, because people will be blinded to...

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...

The history of Wall Street is inseparable from New York.

The history of Wall Street is inseparable from New York.

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,...

Mutual fund managers are trapped in this rather deadly vicious circle: the more successful they...

Mutual fund managers are trapped in this rather deadly vicious circle: the more successful they...

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...

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

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

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...

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...