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A History of Interest Rates by Sidney Homer and Richard Sylla — WisdomDeck honest review
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A History of Interest Rates

by Sidney Homer and Richard Sylla

Four thousand years of interest rates in one reference. Not a read-through, but the data are extraordinary.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Rates have deep patterns.
  2. Today is not unique.
  3. Data beats opinion.

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Interest rates, long view.

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