Understanding the Past to Forecast the Future
Mark J. Higgins, CFA, CFP®
Financial Historian, Author, and Speaker on Using History to Decipher Financial Markets
Best Book in “Finance” at 2024 New York City Big Book Awards
Best Book in “Business: Personal Finance/Investing” at the American Book Fest’s “Best Book Awards”
Bronze Medal in “Personal Finance/ Retirement Planning/Investing” in 2024 Axiom Book Awards
Highlights
September 07, 2025
Wall Street Journal: History of the New York Stock Exchange
Periodic upheavals have been typically followed by stability and growth
On the surface, the New York Stock Exchange bears little resemblance to its original form, but one attribute remains unchanged—resilience. Since the market’s founding, its history has been marked by a string of traumatic uphea…
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May 19, 2025 | Articles
Vices, Virtues, and a Little Humor: 30 Quotes from Financial History
Why do smart investors repeat the same mistakes generation after generation? Because financial instincts — like fear, envy, and over…
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December 01, 2022 | Articles
The Six Stages of Asset Bubbles
Countless asset bubbles have inflated and burst over the course of history and it is an absolute certainty that more will come. Bub…
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February 27, 2025 | Newsletters
Celebrating One Year of Investing in U.S. Financial History
Investing in U.S. Financial History: Understanding the Past to Forecast the Future was published exactly one year ago today. Th…
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