Mark Twain’s Portfolio: Hell-Hound Rogers, Anaconda Copper, & The Spider Aristocracy of Finance
Henry Rogers, one of Mark Twain’s closest friend, launched what became the largest copper producer in the world. Twain got in on the ground floor.
Category: Mark Twain’s Portfolio
Mark Twain’s Portfolio, Part 1: Existential Hedging & The United Fruit Company
What were Samuel Clemens investments? Why was he a shareholder in what would become one of the most notoriously exploitative corporations of the 20th century?