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[VIDEO] How New York City Beat London In Finance

2025-08-22T12:00:00-04:00

New York City. Wall Street. The epicenter of American Finance and economic power, and one of the most iconic cities in the history of the world. It's home to the headquarters of the biggest investment banks on earth like JP Morgan and Chase, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs, the headquarters for the behemoth of the asset management world Black Rock, and it's home to the biggest stock exchanges in the world including the NASDAQ and of course the New York Stock Exchange which commands 42.4% of global market capitalization all worth $ 46.7 trillion as of 2023. But it wasn't always this powerful. But it wasn't always this powerful and it hasn't always been the financial capital of the world it simply holds that title today.

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[WATCH] How New York City Beat London In Finance

2025-04-29T12:00:00-04:00

New York City. Wall Street. The epicenter of American Finance and economic power, and one of the most iconic cities in the history of the world. It's home to the headquarters of the biggest investment banks on earth like JP Morgan and Chase, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs, the headquarters for the behemoth of the asset management world Black Rock, and it's home to the biggest stock exchanges in the world including the NASDAQ and of course the New York Stock Exchange which commands 42.4% of global market capitalization all worth $ 46.7 trillion as of 2023. But it wasn't always this powerful. But it wasn't always this powerful and it hasn't always been the financial capital of the world it simply holds that title today.

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[VIDEO] The NYC Vault That Holds 5% of the World’s Gold

2024-04-01T12:00:00-04:00

The New York Fed’s gold vault is on the basement floor of its main office building in Manhattan. Built during the construction of the building in the early 1920s, the vault provides account holders with a secure location to store their monetary gold reserves.

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[VIDEO] Barney Crashed the Stock Market: Inside His Lost New York City Mansion

2023-08-15T12:00:00-04:00

Uncover the hidden history of the Barney Mansion in Manhattan, a luxurious symbol of wealth, power, and tragedy. Discover the lavish rooms, untold stories, and shocking events that led to the mansion's demise.

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[WATCH] Tourist In Your Own Town Explores the Landmarked Museum of American Finance on Wall Street

2023-07-02T12:00:00-04:00

The New York Landmarks Conservancy's excellent Tourist in Your Own Town series explores some of New York City’s best hidden gems as well as some of the classic iconic landmarks. In this video from the series, watch as host Peg Breen takes a look at the Financial District's Museum of American Finance on Wall Street.

Visit this unique museum that chronicles the development and achievements of America's financial system. The Museum of American Finance is housed within a landmarked 1929 building designed by Benjamin Wistar Morris that was once the Bank of New York & Trust Company. The Museum features displays on the financial markets, money, banking, entrepreneurship and Alexander Hamilton, as well as rotating exhibits.

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[VIDEO] Where’s Worse For Your Wallet: New York or London?

2023-06-27T12:00:00-04:00

New York ranked one of the most expensive cities in the world in 2022 whereas London ranked 28th, according to Worldwide Cost of Living 2022 from Economist Intelligence. It would cost approximately $9,500 US dollars to maintain the same lifestyle as about $7,200 dollars would get you in London, according to data collection project Numbeo. Watch the video above to learn more about the cost of living in New York City and London and why people choose to live there despite the inflated price tag.

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[WATCH] Slowing Down a NYC Stock Exchange with 38 Miles of Cable

2022-02-07T16:00:00-05:00

High-frequency traders have a few tactics on stock exchanges: but simply put, they gather price information faster than anyone else, sometimes even faster than the markets themselves, and use that to make a tiny profit many, many, many times. There are all sorts of solutions: but it turns out there's a simpler one that involves physics.

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[VIDEO] Inside the Kink of Financial Domination with NYC's Mistress Marley

2022-02-02T12:00:00-05:00

After going viral on twitter for walking her white male sub on a leash at her HBCU, Mistress Marley was inundated by requests from other black women who wanted advice on how to become a dominatrix. This led to the creation of Black Domme Sorority, a national group for black and brown women who work as dommes.

The only group of its kind, BDS essentially functions like a normal sorority with chapters all over the country & they offer support, host events and classes. She quickly realized that her clientele were mostly white men who always brought up race in their initial conversations - she now considers these payments reparations. Mistress Marley gives us an inside look on the world of financial domination and how she learned to rake in cash.

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Vintage Photograph Shows Broad Street and Financial District's Curb Stock Brokers Circa 1915

2019-08-17T16:00:00-04:00

This fantastic vintage photograph from around 1915 shows Broad Street looking North towards Wall Street, and the many curb brokers that traded throughout the day.

Here is a Google Street View of how the street looks today from approximately the same angle.

Check out the specimen page on the Library of Congress for more info or to download a larger scan.

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These New Yorkers Explain How They Save For Retirement, If At All

2019-05-20T17:00:00-04:00

Corporations are raking in profits, unemployment is low, but wages are still stagnant—so even in this “good economy,” only 28% of Americans can be considered financially healthy. Millennials, of course, are having a harder time saving money than any other generation. We hit the streets of NYC to ask people about what they’ve got in the bank.

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