1. The Great Crash
... spending were up, and everyone wanted a piece of the action. People started investing their life-savings, mortgaging their homes, and cashing in safer investments to try their luck on the stock market. Observers believed that stock market prices in the first six months of 1929 were high, while others ... market, as was commonly said at the time; it just seemed that way. Investors" expectations, which were created by overproduction and high stock prices, resulted in an unregulated market filled with rumors, which increased speculation even more. In 1929 there was no financial overseers w...
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