Historical Finance Gifts

"He's strictly old money...doesn't speak Bitcoin."

World Economic Crisis.

Economy - USA.

"You will be visited by three ghosts - the Ghost of Porfolios Past, The Ghost of Present Positions and the Ghost of Commodities Future."

"Looks like the high tech shares have taken another fall."

'...But the good news is your old Enron stock has become a high-priced collectible!'

Bank of Cyprus-sia

"You never saw a tax haven. Now look into this light.

More Money for Greece.

Acme Corp - In business since 1927 BG. 'The 'BG' stands for 'Before Greenspan'.'

Quotes from Chairman Bernanke.

'I was a multi-millionaire back when it meant something.'

Spain Bleeding Under the German Controlled Euro.

'Here's the confirmation now, Mrs. Davis: You paid 14.4960937 per share. Kind of makes you homesick for eights and quarters, doesn't it?'

First Market Decline

Bootmaker upset over the death of a long term customer

The high tech crash of the early 2000s...and the depression that followed.

Golden Oldies: "Hey! Remember this great chart from the nineties?"

Enron collapse starts domino effect.

'We're ahead of the game. We've lost nothing since we never had anything.'

Bank...formed 1893, merged 1971, saved by the Federal Government 1989.

European Capital Investment in the Ottoman State

Emblematic Print of the South Sea Bubble.

Nation of Has-Beens (and Never-Will-Bes)

Inflation wave

Easy street ends.

Evolution to Debt.

'These fortune cookies are outdated. They quote Greenspan instead of Bernanke.'

Unsecured Creditor, please help.

'Remember how we used to put stuff on layaway?'

'Thinking back though, I'd have to say we all had a bloody good financial crisis.'

Spain-Italy-Debt-Interest rates

'I only invented money last month, and I already have four payments due!'

'Hold on to your Enron stock. It could become a valuable collector's item one day.'

The Sinking of the S.S. Great Britain