The history of Wall Street is inseparable from New York.

Quote by Ron Chernow

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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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 mutual fund industry and small investors are very relentless and very unforgiving if people...

The mutual fund industry and small investors are very relentless and very unforgiving if people...

I don't think that a mutual fund that invests exclusively in biotech start-ups or invests...

I don't think that a mutual fund that invests exclusively in biotech start-ups or invests...

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...

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...

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...

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...