Learning From the Most Ruthless Robber Baron (Jay Gould) | Greg Steinmetz

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Greg Steinmetz, investor and financial writer, joins Jack to share insights from his new book, American Rascal: How Jay Gould Built Wall Street’s Biggest Fortune. Steinmetz maps the financial skullduggery of Jay Gould, an infamous “robber baron” and investor whose market manipulations left an indelible mark on finance. Steinmetz tells Jack about Gould’s unscrupulous schemes in railroad stocks and gold, which destabilized the financial system and made him one of the most hated man in America. Invoking modern-day analogies such as Elon Musk and meme stocks, Steinmetz evaluates the legacy of America’s most daring and ruthless financier, and offers his view on what modern-day investors can learn from Gould’s life.
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00:00 Introduction
00:05 Chapter: Why Jay Gould?
03:53 Gould's Greatest Misdeeds
06:59 Chapter: Cornering The Gold Market
14:07 Fragility of The Banking System During "Free Banking" Era
16:44 Gould's "Deposit Trick"
19:51 Tricks in the Gilded Age vs. Tricks in 2022
24:38 Jay Gould and the Media
27:18 Why Was Gould So Hated?
29:02 "Don't Fight the Fed"
33:36 The Railroad Business in the 19th Century
36:52 Investor Psychology
41:27 Lessons Learned From Jay Gould
44:50 Why Are There So Many Structurally Unprofitable Companies?
46:36 Gould and Valuation
49:47 Final Lessons From Gould's Legacy
52:34 Outro
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