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Value After Hours S05 E13: Matthew Cochrane, History of Insurance and Gambling, Value, and Recession

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The History of Haley's Comet

Haley's comet appears every 76 years last time was in 1986, and the next time will be a 2061. He used math to develop the first actuarial tables that were based on Breslaw data. The English government ignored age completely when selling annuities until 1789. A guy named Edward Lloyd published an almanac filled with info about arrivals and departures of ships.

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