TIL N.Rothschild had early info that Napoleon lost at Waterloo, and used that info at the London stock exchange: instead of buying, he sold shares en masse, making people think that Napoleon had won and plummeting the stocks. At the last minute he started buying at low prices, thus making a fortune


TIL N.Rothschild had early info that Napoleon lost at Waterloo, and used that info at the London stock exchange: instead of buying, he sold shares en masse, making people think that Napoleon had won and plummeting the stocks. At the last minute he started buying at low prices, thus making a fortune https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Mayer_Rothschild#Gold,_securities_trading_and_the_Napoleonic_Wars Ainsley-Sorsby January 30, 2021 at 08:38AM

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