Partly because his life ended before the age of 50, Hamilton was defined by the other founding fathers, and he managed, with amazing consistency, to alienate most of them.

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The history of Wall Street is inseparable from New York.

The history of Wall Street is inseparable from New York.

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...

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...

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...

As the bull market goes on, people who take great risks achieve great rewards, seemingly...

As the bull market goes on, people who take great risks achieve great rewards, seemingly...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

After 1929, so many people had been traumatized by the stock market crash that there...

After 1929, so many people had been traumatized by the stock market crash that there...

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.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.

Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.

Historians will have to face the fact that natural selection determined the evolution of cultures...

Historians will have to face the fact that natural selection determined the evolution of cultures...