... value of a dollar and money to invest the stock market became a big source of funding. The stock market prices are based on the estimated future earning potential. With the optimistic nation of the 1920's people were investing like crazy. They only had to put down 10% to invest; margin investing was the thing to do. The stock market over an 8 year period rose 597% and ... stock dividends kept rising. With higher wages peoples savings accounts increased and companies were investing their over production profits on new production. "The stock market had no legal guidelines on buying and se...

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... 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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... both lines. Market abnomalias have ever occurred since the 17th century when the Dutch tulip market collapsed. Every person who has a little knowledge of finances should know about them. Nevertheless, a stock market bubble could develop during the 1990's, because they were so excited about the new internet technology. "Some believed that this new technology would bring humanity together in a grand community ... including the arms factory, they decided to abandon their name, "Oerlikon Buhrle" in favour of "Unaxis". They did that, simply because every Swiss associated the former name with ...

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... money and false optimism. When investors lost confidence, the stock market collapsed, taking them along with it. Short signed government economic policies were one of the factors that led to the Great Depression. Politicians believed that business was the key business in America. Thus, the government took no action against unwise investing. Congress passed high tariffs that protected American industries but ... , but others did not. Prices went up and Australains could not afford anything. Farmers and workers did not profit. Unevenness of prosperity made recovery difficult. Stock Market c...

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... Great Depression The Great Depression was all the more shocking because it came after a decade of unprecedented prosperity. It affected all areas of American life, especially American confidence. When the stock market crashed in the fall of 1929 the nation began to sink deeper and deeper into depression as business increased profits while holding down wages and increasing prices of raw ... materials. This depressed consumer purchasing power which in turn meant less profit for businesses who than had no other choice but to cut jobs. When the stock market crashed it revealed serious struc...

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