Category: Maynard Keynes

The latest academic research into the performance of John Maynard Keynes as an investor adds some important detail to a story that has long fascinated – and inspired – stock market historians and professionals. It is well known that the most famous economist of his day made a fortune for King’s College, Cambridge, where he was the Bursar for more than 20 years, by buying and selling stocks for the college’s endowment and speculating happily in stocks and commodities on his own account.