When everyone starts talking about stocks

Original by Geng Yunzhe, Geng Yunzhe Reading July 5, 2025, 00:00, Shandong — 7,469 readers Thanks to his timely exit, Rockefeller avoided potentially massive losses. Thus, when everyone starts talking about stocks, a crisis is imminent. When Everyone Starts Talking About Stocks Once, while walking down the street, oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller encountered a newspaper boy hawking papers. The boy loudly proclaimed that a certain stock was about to surge dramatically. Intrigued, Rockefeller stopped and asked how the boy knew the stock would rise so sharply. The boy replied, “Everyone is talking about this stock!” Rockefeller handed the boy $100 and said, “I’ll buy all your papers.” He then rushed back to his office and immediately convened all senior executives. At the meeting, he announced they must sell every single share of that stock held by the company—no exceptions. His executives stared in bewilderment, puzzled as to why they should dump a stock performing so exceptionally well. Full of doubt, they listened as Rockefeller firmly explained his reasoning—and insisted the sale be executed without delay. Sure enough, not long afterward, a financial tsunami struck. An unprecedented stock market crash wiped out countless fortunes. Rockefeller, having exited just in time, avoided potentially catastrophic losses. Hence, when everyone starts talking about stocks, a crisis is at hand. Rockefeller was the first billionaire in history. In 1916, the wealthiest American—Rockefeller—purchased Beijing’s Yu王府 (Yu Mansion) for $125,000, causing a sensation across the capital. Moreover, vast treasures were discovered underground on the property. Yet Rockefeller declared: “What belongs to others shall be used for their benefit!” He invested $48 million in the mansion, transforming it into a hospital—the renowned Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH). In autumn 1917, Junior Rockefeller traveled to Beijing to witness the hospital’s completion. PUMCH stands as humanity’s largest charitable endeavor to date—evidence of Rockefeller’s extraordinary generosity as a philanthropist. Moreover, the Rockefeller family shattered the “riches last only three generations” adage, remaining prosperous across six successive generations.

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