Maxfield on Banks

Maxfield on Banks

An Anecdote about J. Pierpont Morgan

You cannot be great if you are not willing to be different.

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John Maxfield
Mar 21, 2025
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“Nothing so undermines your financial judgement as the sight of your neighbor getting rich.”

J. Pierpont Morgan

Every time I go to New York, I go to Wall Street.

To blend in, I park illegally on a nearby block in spots reserved for, I believe, the sanitation department.

From there, I walk two blocks north on Broadway, hang a right at the Irving Trust buildi…

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