Wall Street History

Sir Francis Drake''s estate

How the S&P 500 fares.

U.S. Treasury Yields, equity returns.

Equity market returns, 1929-32...1939-41

Profits, losses and Hurricane Agnes.

The 1950s and 60s...the rail biz in America.

The robber barons make their mark.

Thoughts from Van Eck Global

The market and the holidays.

Harold Geneen and the era of the conglomerators.