How One Lawyer Turned Depression Losses into Fortune?

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2026-06-14T09:05:34.699913

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TIL about Floyd Odlum, deemed "the only man in the United States who made a great fortune out of the Great Depression."

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Odlum

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A lawyer who turned Depression losses into a fortune—how Floyd Odlum predicted the 1929 crash and became one of America's wealthiest men.

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