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Team Indicator buys Cardiff a surprise present. A terrible, extremely risky, but wildly interesting investment. Then it gets interesting. The company that issued the junk bond declared bankruptcy. But that wasn't the end of the story. | Subscribe to our daily podcast, The Indicator here.

John Law killed a man in a duel, brought the first paper money to France, and became one of the richest people in the world. Then it all collapsed.