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impact of extreme situations such as ww2 on legendary investors' returns?
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possibly the best answer to why america became globally dominant after ww2 was written by a frenchman, jean-jacque sergen-schreiber, le defi american (the american challenge). probably the only legendary investor of the proper age to benefit from ww2 was john templeton, who borrowed $10,000 before the war, and ended up with $40,000 afterward (both worth about ten times more in today's money). his story, and that of others, can be found in john train's, "the money masters."
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