This hub collects 48 pages on the people and events behind modern finance. Many are profiles of investors and economists, such as John Bogle, Charlie Munger, Jesse Livermore, John Maynard Keynes and Milton Friedman. Others explain episodes in market history, from Tulip Mania and the Great Depression to Japan’s Lost Decade, the dotcom bubble and the failures of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. A few pages cover ideas rather than people, including Keynesian economics, Modern Monetary Theory and reflexivity theory. The pages are written for readers who want background and context, not trading signals.
People & Financial History
Browse 48 pages on the investors, economists and market events that shaped modern finance, and see how their ideas and mistakes still show up in markets.
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Lehman Brothers CollapseAdam SmithThe Dotcom BubbleModern Monetary Theory (MMT) ExplainedThe 2008 Financial Crisis ExplainedThe Greatest Investors of All Time and Their StrategiesJohn Maynard KeynesJim SimonsThe Enron ScandalWho Is Peter Lynch? His Investment StrategyThe Big Short ExplainedKeynesian EconomicsMilton FriedmanWho Is Chamath Palihapitiya?Bernie MadoffTulip ManiaCharlie MungerJ.P. MorganWarren Buffett's Investment Strategy ExplainedHow George Soros Shorted the Pound and Broke the Bank of…Japan's Lost DecadeAdam Smith's The Wealth of NationsKarl MarxJesse LivermoreWhat Is a Stock Market Crash? Famous Crashes and Their…The History of MoneyBear Stearns CollapseHow Did Warren Buffett Get Rich? His Road to BillionsAlan GreenspanThe Intelligent InvestorWhat Is a Pyramid Scheme? How It Works and How to Spot OneWhat Is a Ponzi Scheme? Definition, Famous Examples and…Jerome PowellThe Great DepressionJohn BogleHow 9/11 Affected the U.S. Stock MarketBuffett's Bet with the Hedge FundsUnraveling the 2008 Stock Market CrashLiar's PokerEconomistReflexivity TheoryLong-Term Capital Management (LTCM) CollapseDavid Ricardo5 Top Investors Who Profited From the Global Financial…Salomon BrothersJohn GriffinHow Influential Economists Shaped American HistoryTimeline of U.S. Stock Market Crashes
How the pages are grouped
The list is not a ranking. Position on the page says nothing about how important or successful a person was. The pages fall into three rough groups. Investor profiles cover how someone built a track record and what their approach looked like, as with Peter Lynch, Jim Simons or Warren Buffett. Economist and theory pages cover thinkers such as Adam Smith, David Ricardo and Karl Marx, along with the schools of thought linked to them. Event pages cover crashes, bubbles and firm collapses, including Long-Term Capital Management and Salomon Brothers. If you are new to the subject, The Greatest Investors of All Time and Their Strategies gives an overview before you open single profiles. For events, the stock market crash explainer and the timeline of U.S. crashes work well as starting points, because they place individual episodes side by side.
Where the information comes from
These pages are signed by the Markets & Investing Desk, which also signs the financial dictionary, company pages and market data pages, 1,799 pages in all. Unlike our brand reviews, the pages here carry no score and no “How we checked” section. The brand checks and scoring described in our methodology apply to prop firms, brokers, banks and crypto exchanges, not to historical profiles. Text is drafted with help from AI language models, and automated checks reject sentences with unsupported claims or banned phrasing before anything is published. Pages that cite outside sources list them under “Sources cited on this page”. Each page shows the date it was published and the date its text last changed, and those dates move only when the text changes. If a term on a page is unfamiliar, the Wiki has short definitions.
Reading history without overreading it
A famous investor’s record describes what happened in a particular market at a particular time. The same approach may behave very differently under other interest rates, regulation or market structure, and survivors tend to get written about more than the many who tried similar ideas and fared worse. Event pages are most useful for spotting patterns such as heavy leverage, crowded trades and sudden loss of funding, rather than for predicting the next crash. Investing and trading carry a real risk of loss, and nothing on these pages is financial advice. No person, firm or brand pays to appear here, the site runs no display advertising and it currently has no affiliate links.
FAQ
Is this list ranked by importance or success?
No. The 48 pages are listed without any ranking, and position on the page carries no meaning. People and events are not scored. Our numeric scores apply only to prop firms and brokers, and they are computed from recorded brand data, which does not exist for historical figures or market events.
Who writes these pages and how is the text checked?
The Markets & Investing Desk signs them. Text is drafted with help from AI language models, then automated checks reject sentences with unsupported claims or banned phrasing. Pages that rely on outside material list it under Sources cited on this page, and each page shows its publish date and the date its text last changed.
Can I copy the strategies described in the investor profiles?
The profiles explain how certain investors approached markets. They are not recommendations. A method that worked in one period may fail in another, and investing carries a real risk of losing money. Treat these pages as background reading and make your own decisions, ideally with advice that fits your situation.
How do I report a mistake or suggest a person or event to add?
Use the form on the Contact page with your name, email and message, and it will reach the editors. If you are pointing out an error, include the page title and the sentence in question so it can be checked against the sources and corrected if needed.