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Guinness’s 1886 IPO

Stephen Girard

The Cotton Market in 19th Century Liverpool

Hoare’s Bank in 18th Century London

The Höchstetters and the Mercury Market

The Federal Government’s Assumption of State Debts

Market Speculation During the U.S. Civil War

Cross-Border Central Bank Operations (Part II – 1840-1900)

Cross-Border Central Bank Operations (Part I – 1800-1840)

Stock Market Participation in the 1950s-60s

Inflation-Linked Bonds in Two Countries

Usury and the Creative ‘Triple Contracts’

Desjardins and Quebec’s Credit Union Movement

Landschaften Mortgage Bonds

The Double Dip Bond Bear Market of 1896-1920

New Orleans Banking During the Civil War

Piggly Wiggly’s Short Squeeze

Insurance in China (Part III – Rebirth)

Insurance in China (Part II – Mainland China)

Insurance in China (Part I – Hong Kong)

Rural Land and New Money

Schröders, Hamburg, and London

Armajaro’s Cocoa Trades

IPOs Since the 1920s

Toulouse Mills and Early Shareholding

Corporation of Foreign Bondholders

The Virginia Company and Its Several Motives

The Bank and the Bullionists (Part II – The Bullionists)

The Bank and the Bullionists (Part I – The Anti-Bullionists)

The 1920s American Real Estate Bubble

Creditanstalt and the Global Depression

Chile’s Caja de Crédito Hipotecario (Part II)

Chile’s Caja de Crédito Hipotecario (Part I)

Bank of Japan and the Economic Miracle

Australia’s 1850s Gold Rush

Sweden’s Älvsborg Ransoms and Fiscal Reforms

Combustion of a Hedge Fund – Amaranth Advisors

Radio Waves and Share Promotion

“Hope is Not Broken”, the Bankers Hope & Company