The History of the Stock Market Podcast

The History of the Stock Market Podcast

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The History of the Stock Market Podcast episodes

  • The First Price Sheet: John Castaing’s Coffeehouse Data Revolution

    This episode traces how John Castaing’s 1698 coffee‑house price sheet became the first public listing of stock values, sparking a move toward market transparency that set the stage for today’s real‑time data feeds and financial democratization.

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    17 min
  • Daniel Drew and the Watered Stock: How a 19th‑Century Trick Shaped Modern Markets

    This episode traces Daniel Drew’s legendary practice of “watering” Erie Railroad stock—printing shares to dilute rivals—and explores how that early manipulation triggered regulatory reforms, reshaped corporate governance, and foreshadows today’s high‑frequency trading dynamics. Join Josh Linsk as he unpacks the story behind this Gilded Age scandal and its lasting impact on market structure.

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    15 min
  • Trading Rules That Shaped Global Markets: Shanghai, Value Line, and the Odd-Lot Legacy

    From Shanghai’s uncertain origins in 1900s to Arnold Bernhard’s pioneering independent research, and the subtle yet powerful odd‑lot rule on Wall Street, this episode traces how market rules and technology together rewrote global finance. We examine why these changes mattered and what legacy they left for today’s investors.

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    17 min
  • From Spice Ships to Silicon Valley: Tracing the Roots of Permanent Capital

    We follow the Dutch East India Company’s 17th‑century chartered monopoly that pioneered long‑term public investment, explore how its governance lessons echo through modern markets, and revisit the roaring 1990s tech boom as a cautionary tale of permanent capital’s power to build wealth—and trigger bubbles.

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    15 min
  • William Durant and the Engine That Powered Modern Markets

    Explore how William C. Durant’s blend of banking savvy and automotive ambition forged General Motors into a market titan and set precedents for corporate structure, leverage, and regulation that still echo today. From early hand‑penned bids to modern electronic order books, Durant’s maneuvers illustrate the evolving relationship between business strategy and market mechanics. Hear how his legacy helped shape disclosure laws, derivatives design, and the very way investors trade.

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    17 min
  • Carl Icahn and the Birth of Corporate Raiding

    Explore how Carl Icahn’s aggressive tactics in the 1980s sparked a new era of shareholder activism, reshaped corporate governance, and left a lasting legacy on modern hedge funds and institutional investors.

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    16 min

About The History of the Stock Market Podcast

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Explore the dramatic, innovative, and often turbulent history of the stock market. The History of the Stock Market Podcast traces the exchanges, investors, companies, financial institutions, technologies, bubbles, crashes, and economic forces that transformed stock trading from informal deals between merchants into the enormous global financial system of today.