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

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

Ron Chernow, American Author

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

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

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Personal Development

"After 1929, so many people had been traumatized by the stock market crash that there was a lost generation."

People

"The securities laws of the 1930s were so important because it forced companies to file registration statements and issue prospectuses, and it remedied the imbalance of information."

Information

"If you go back to the time of J.P. Morgan, the world of high finance was completely wholesale. The prestigious investment banks on Wall Street appealed exclusively to large corporations, governments, and to extremely wealthy individuals."

Finance

"Stock market corrections, although painful at the time, are actually a very healthy part of the whole mechanism, because there are always speculative excesses that develop, particularly during the long bull market."

Time

"There is a kind of fear, approaching a panic, that's spreading through the Baby Boom Generation, which has suddenly discovered that it will have to provide for its own retirement."

Fear

"In the 1920s, Wall Street was a world that was really dominated by professional speculators and stock pools. These people had a monopoly over information."

People

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

Responsibility

"Mutual fund managers are trapped in this rather deadly vicious circle: the more successful they are, the more money flows into their mutual fund. Then, it is more difficult for them to beat the market averages or even to match their own past performance."

Money

"Mutual funds give people the sense that they're investing with the big boys and that they're really not at a disadvantage entering the stock market."

People

"The public has lost faith in the ability of Social Security and Medicare to provide for old age. They've lost faith in the banking system and in conventional medical insurance."

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

Author Name

Personal Development

More

"After 1929, so many people had been traumatized by the stock market crash that there was a lost generation."

People

"The securities laws of the 1930s were so important because it forced companies to file registration statements and issue prospectuses, and it remedied the imbalance of information."

Information

"If you go back to the time of J.P. Morgan, the world of high finance was completely wholesale. The prestigious investment banks on Wall Street appealed exclusively to large corporations, governments, and to extremely wealthy individuals."

Finance

"Stock market corrections, although painful at the time, are actually a very healthy part of the whole mechanism, because there are always speculative excesses that develop, particularly during the long bull market."

Time

"There is a kind of fear, approaching a panic, that's spreading through the Baby Boom Generation, which has suddenly discovered that it will have to provide for its own retirement."

Fear

"In the 1920s, Wall Street was a world that was really dominated by professional speculators and stock pools. These people had a monopoly over information."

People

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

Responsibility

"Mutual fund managers are trapped in this rather deadly vicious circle: the more successful they are, the more money flows into their mutual fund. Then, it is more difficult for them to beat the market averages or even to match their own past performance."

Money

"Mutual funds give people the sense that they're investing with the big boys and that they're really not at a disadvantage entering the stock market."

People

"The public has lost faith in the ability of Social Security and Medicare to provide for old age. They've lost faith in the banking system and in conventional medical insurance."

Faith