"History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes." - Mark Twain. In order to better ourselves as investors (and in life), it is imperative that we learn from the past. In A History of Financial Markets, follow along as your hosts Brett Schafer and Ryan Henderson do just that. Starting with the United States at the turn of the 20th century, each season will chronicle a decade of financial history. Listen and learn about: The most important business/investing figures from each decade, landmark events including all the major panics, recessions, and depressions, and the interworkings of the financial world. The goal of A History of Financial Markets is to teach people about the past so they can understand why/how we got to where we are today.

Latest episodes of the podcast A History of Financial Markets

• S3E5: The Crash of 1929
• S3E4: Technology and the Birth of Consumerism in the 1920s
• S3E3: The Florida Land Bubble
• S3E2: The Roaring '20s Part II
• S3E1: The Roaring '20s Part I
• S2 Episode 6: The End of the 1920/21 Depression and the Start of the Roaring 20s'
• S2 Episode 5: A Vicious, Deflationary Depression
• S2 Episode 4: The Great Depression...Of 1920?
• S2 Episode 3: The Break-up of Standard Oil
• S2 Episode 2: The Interpretation of the Federal Reserve Act
• S2 Episode 1: The Creation of the Federal Reserve
• S1 Episode 8: 1908, 1909, and a preview for Season 2
• S1 Episode 7: The end of the Panic of 1907
• S1 Episode 6: The Panic of 1907 Part 2
• S1 Episode 5: The Panic of 1907 Part 1
• S1 Episode 4: Intro to the Panic of 1907
• S1 Episode 3: Standard Oil, U.S. Steel, and J.P. Morgan
• S1 Episode 2: 1903 - 1905
• S1 Episode 1: Markets at the Turn of the 20th Century