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

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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...

After being Washington's aide for four years and becoming the hero of Yorktown, Hamilton was...

After being Washington's aide for four years and becoming the hero of Yorktown, Hamilton was...

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...

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...

Mutual funds have historically offered safety and diversification. And they spare you the responsibility of...

Mutual funds have historically offered safety and diversification. And they spare you the responsibility of...

Mutual funds give people the sense that they're investing with the big boys and that...

Mutual funds give people the sense that they're investing with the big boys and that...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...