Rothschild & Stock market10 Aug 2020 00:58
Nathan Rothschild , in London, became the the wealthiest of the brothers.
Historians note how “Nathan's ability to depress stock prices by using the network of agents to spread rumours, true or false, and then buy the stock up after people panicked, was legendary".
In this way, he was able to control the British stock market during the Napoleonic Wars.