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Beating the bear : lessons from the 1929 crash applied to today's world /

What actually caused the economic crisis in the United States in 1929? Why did a similar disaster occur again in 2008-2009? Today's news sources are filled with misinformation about what is happening in America's financial world and why--perpetrating myths and putting people's hard-ea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bierman, Harold
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • How high is high? The stock markets in 1929 and 2008
  • The events prior to the 1929 and 2008 crashes
  • Market myths in 1929 and 2008-2009
  • The Fed's role in good times and bad
  • Practice for the October crash: the week of March 25, 1929
  • The 2919 market in depth: the ups and downs of the 1929 stock market
  • The Great Crash of 2008: the 2008-2009 market in depth
  • Stopping the speculators: margin buying, pools, trusts, short selling, and the 1929 crash
  • The Senate hearings of 1931 concerning 1929
  • Dispelling the myths of 1929
  • The U.S. government accuses ...
  • The prime cause of the 1929 crash: the public utility sector
  • Lessons to be learned
  • Post-crash investment strategies: beating the bear market.