They are history’s geniuses. But were they any good at investing? | The Story of Money Podcast
Financial Times·2026-04-22 04:09
I want to talk about Winston Churchill. What kind of investor was he. It really kind of makes your skin crawl some of the things that you got up to along the way.He was given this advance that was worth close to over 7 million pounds in it inflation adjusted or close to 80 million pounds in GDP adjusted terms. He lost it all. >> Oh, wow.He lost it all in the crash in the stock market. >> No, no, just trading. There were these nine trading days ending the 18th of October where he really went into overdrive.H ...