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Category: Mark Twain’s Portfolio

Mark Twain’s Portfolio: Hell-Hound Rogers, Anaconda Copper, & The Spider Aristocracy of Finance

Mark Twain’s Portfolio: Hell-Hound Rogers, Anaconda Copper, & The Spider Aristocracy of Finance

Posted on June 19, 2019January 28, 2021 by Matt Seybold

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.

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Mark Twain’s Portfolio, Part 1: Existential Hedging & The United Fruit Company

Mark Twain’s Portfolio, Part 1: Existential Hedging & The United Fruit Company

Posted on May 31, 2019December 28, 2019 by Matt Seybold

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?

Posted in Mark Twain's Portfolio, The StudyTagged Banana Republic, Hedging, Investing, Mark Twain8 Comments on Mark Twain’s Portfolio, Part 1: Existential Hedging & The United Fruit Company
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