In 1980, the Hunt brothers made one of the biggest commodity bets in history and nearly broke the silver market in the process. This is the story of Silver Thursday: a story about leverage, speculation, and what can happen when being right for a long time convinces you that you can’t be wrong.

You may already know the Hunt name. Lamar Hunt founded the Dallas Texans, the franchise that later became the Kansas City Chiefs, and the Hunt family remains closely connected to professional sports, including FC Dallas of MLS. But this episode focuses on Lamar’s brothers, Nelson Bunker Hunt and William Herbert Hunt, and their attempt to dominate the global silver market.

An interesting trivia point, there was a movie that came out a few years later, loosely based on Silver Thursday, starring Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd called Trading Places (1983).

About the Host:

Bryan Yach is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER ™ and Owner of Yach Advisors in Southlake, TX. He's spent more than 15 years helping individuals and families navigate investing, retirement, and financial planning.

Bryan holds a Master of Science in Finance from Texas A&M University -Commerce and a Bachelor of Arts in Radio, Television, and Film from the University of North Texas. He combines professional experience with a passion for making complex financial topics accessible and engaging.

Money's the Matter explores investing, financial planning, economics, psychology, and history to help you better understand the financial decisions that shape your life.

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What if you could fit your life savings into the palm of your hands. We're not talking about cash, we're talking about Tulip Bulbs. 🌷 🌷 🌷

In 1637, a tulip bulb could represent over a decade of wages. But markets don't last forever.

The story of Tulip Mania reveals how speculation takes hold, why rising prices become their own justification, and what happens when confidence finally breaks.

Tulipmania reminds us that markets are human. Prices are shaped not only by fundamentals, but by fear, greed, confidence, and the powerful feeling that everyone else knows something we don’t.

About the Host:

Bryan Yach is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER ™ and Owner of Yach Advisors in Southlake, TX. He's spent more than 15 years helping individuals and families navigate investing, retirement, and financial planning.

Bryan holds a Master of Science in Finance from Texas A&M University -Commerce and a Bachelor of Arts in Radio, Television, and Film from the University of North Texas. He combines professional experience with a passion for making complex financial topics accessible and engaging.

Money's the Matter explores investing, financial planning, economics, psychology, and history to help you better understand the financial decisions that shape your life.

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Why does the coffee you once bought for $2 now cost $6? In this episode of Money’s the Matter, host Bryan explores the history and human psychology behind inflation. Money only works because we collectively agree that it holds value. But what happens when that trust starts to break?

Journey through history to discover how inflation is far older than modern paper money or central banks. From Roman emperors diluting silver coins to fund their empire to Spanish ships flooding Europe with American silver, governments and societies have always found ways to alter the money supply. We examine the devastating hyperinflation of Weimar Germany in 1923, where lifetime savings vanished overnight, and trace the modern parallels seen in Argentina, Zimbabwe, and beyond. Ultimately, money is a shared trust in tomorrow and true wealth lies not in adding zeros to a bank balance, but in the finite real-world resources we exchange it for.

About the Host:

Bryan Yach is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER ™ and Owner of Yach Advisors in Southlake, TX. He's spent more than 15 years helping individuals and families navigate investing, retirement, and financial planning.

Bryan holds a Master of Science in Finance from Texas A&M University -Commerce and a Bachelor of Arts in Radio, Television, and Film from the University of North Texas. He combines professional experience with a passion for making complex financial topics accessible and engaging.

Money's the Matter explores investing, financial planning, economics, psychology, and history to help you better understand the financial decisions that shape your life.

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