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A Century of Chinese Stocks and Bonds
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"London was the financial center of the world until World War II, and many companies in emerging markets listed their shares on the London Stock Exchange before a stock exchange even existed in that country. After World War I, many companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange."
Global Financial Data, 4 January 2019 , Dr. Brian Taylor
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Finance vs. Wal-Mart: Why are Financial Services so Expensive?
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"In the absence of evidence that increased trading led to either better prices or better risk sharing, we would have to conclude that the finance industry's share of GDP is about 2 percentage points higher than it needs to be and this would represent an annual misallocation of resources of about $280 billions for the U.S. "
Thomas Philippon, New York University
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The Scandinavian Monetary Union of 1873
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Together with the Latin Monetary Union of 1865, another example of a monetary union that didn't
go quite as planned and ended before its 50th Birthday.
InvestmentOffice, February 2019
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Events in Time Anniversaries: January 2019
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25 years ago: January 1994
50 years ago: January 1969
100 years ago: January 1919
200 years ago: January 1819
300 years ago: January 1719
Global Financial Data, 22 January 2019 , Dr. Brian Taylor
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The history (and future) of inflation ...
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It may not feel like it, but we live in inflationary times relative to long-term history.
Deutsche Bank, Thematic Research, September 19, 2018 , Jim Reid, Craig Nicol, Nick Burns, Sahil Mahtani
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American Default
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The Untold Story of FDR, the Supreme Court, and the Battle over Gold
Princeton University Press, May 2018 , Sebastian Edwards
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The Count of Monte Cristo
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The Count of Monte Cristo has numerous financial data and speculations in it that shows that during the Napoleonic years there was active speculations.
Daily Speculations, September 16, 2018 , Victor Niederhoffer
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General Electric: The Fallen Giant
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"General Electric’s decline has been steady during the 21st century. In 2000, GE’s market cap was over $500 billion and as recently as 2005, General Electric was the largest company in the world. Since then, GE has lost over $400 billion in market cap, and today, GE doesn’t even make the top 50 in the world."
Global Financial Data, 22 June 2018 , Dr. Brian Taylor
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The Russian Stock Market Before the Revolution
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"Russian stocks advanced more in price than American stocks between 1864 and 1914, but American companies paid larger dividends. Price and dividends offset each other and during that 45-year period, the two stock markets provided approximately equal returns."
Global Financial Data, 21 March 2018 , Dr. Brian Taylor
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Market Capitalization Amazon vs. Sears
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1999 vs. 2017
L2 Inc. December 2017 , Scott Galloway
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