1600 – 1900 CE
The origins of modern markets, from the Dutch tulip mania to the Gilded Age.
Buy when there is blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own.
— Nathan Mayer Rothschild
"Buy when there is blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own."
"There is nothing so patient as money, and nothing so impatient as the man who wa..."
Money equals business which equals power, all of which come from character and trust.
— J.P. Morgan
"Money equals business which equals power, all of which come from character and t..."
I don't want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do. I hire him to tell me how to do what I want to do…
"I don't want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do. I hire him to tell me how to ..."
"A good bargain is always worth waiting for."
There is no great secret in fortune making. All you do is buy cheap and sell dear.
— Hetty Green
"There is no great secret in fortune making. All you do is buy cheap and sell dea..."
I never speculate. I see a sure thing and I go for it.
— Jay Gould
"I never speculate. I see a sure thing and I go for it."
Anybody who plays the stock market not as an insider is like a man buying cows in the moonlight.
— Daniel Drew
"Anybody who plays the stock market not as an insider is like a man buying cows i..."
"It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make a great..."
Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.
"Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket."
I am not a hard woman but I don't like to lose money.
"I am not a hard woman but I don't like to lose money."
"The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you're not going to stay w..."
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