merchant bankers
2 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 19, 2026 by David Senra · said 6 times in 1 episodes since 2026 · across every show →
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Jul 19, 2026 neutral
Merchant Banking Dynasties Built Fortunes Through Gold Smuggling and Blockade Running
“How the Rothschilds, the Barings, in many cases, they're like smuggling gold, or illegally transferring materials through like blockades during wars. There's all kinds, they were cutthroats. That's how all the great houses were built”
Jul 19, 2026 neutral
Merchant Bankers Began as Commodity Traders Before Shifting to Credit
“Almost all merchant bankers were merchants before they came bankers. They traded with certain commodities in certain parts of the world and later found it more profitable to leave the actual trading to others and to deal in credit instead of goods.”