The trader who made $100mn from the 1929 crash — only to lose it all
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Radio and PodcastLive Radio & PodcastsWhen the South Sea Bubble burst in 1720, it wiped out fortunes and plunged Britain into its first great stock market crisis. The collapse of the South Sea Company, a government-backed scheme that promised to turn nationa...
The financial crash that created Britain’s first prime minister is an episode from Behind The Money with the Financial Times by Topher Forhecz. When the South Sea Bubble burst in 1720, it wiped out fortunes and plunged Britain into its firs...
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