Market Watch
By Barbara Kollmeyer
Published: Aug 25, 2016
It says a lot about human nature that the scientist responsible for the law of gravity was sucked into an investment that for a time defied gravity.
Throughout history, people — especially those at the top rung of society — have been greedy and gullible participants in financial bubbles. And Sir Isaac Newton was only human, after all. But the infamous bubble that ensnared Newton, involving a newly established stock market with a company at its center that was fueled by rumors and information gleaned in coffee shops, holds investment lessons to this day.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/investor-lessons-from-a-market-bubble-that-cost-isaac-newton-a-bundle-2016-08-25
