Day: October 30, 2014

The oil man who caused a silver craze – and bust

www.marketplace.org | by Sarah Gardner Wednesday, October 22, 2014 Listen to Commentary When the Hunt brothers bought up silver in 1979, a craze – and then a financial debacle – resulted. Speculators rushed in, families sold their silverware or in some cases, had it stolen. Nelson Bunker Hunt, the billionaire oil tycoon who once tried