Debate on the Great Recession — Our view: Stocks rebound from bottom, face ... - USA Today (blog)

Debate on the Great Recession — Our view: Stocks rebound from bottom, face ...
USA Today (blog)
It took the market 23 years to break even after the 1929 crash. And it took 16 years from the time when the Dow first flirted with 1000, in 1966, ...

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Smart Banks With Dumb Customers Don't Exist: Roger Lowenstein - BusinessWeek

Smart Banks With Dumb Customers Don't Exist: Roger Lowenstein
BusinessWeek
There can be no going back to the days of 30-to-1 leverage on Wall Street. Since much leverage today is kept off the balance sheet (via derivatives), ...

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Geoff Gannon Investor Questions Podcast #2: What Do You Need to Know About ... - GuruFocus.com

Geoff Gannon Investor Questions Podcast #2: What Do You Need to Know About ...
GuruFocus.com
That's when a 20 year old kid named Ben Graham arrived on Wall Street. Graham was a prodigy. He worked his way up from errand boy to fund manager in just 12 ...

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Article # 96 Brother Milt and Department of Agriculture - Abilene Recorder Chronicle

Article # 96 Brother Milt and Department of Agriculture
Abilene Recorder Chronicle
Ike and Mamie returned to Washington just in time to see the crash of Wall Street in 1929. Ike was on the staff of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, had a ...

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The Worst Financial Crisis Ever? - Big Think

The Worst Financial Crisis Ever?
Big Think
While this downturn has not been as painful as the Great Depression, in part because we avoided some of the policy mistakes we made after the 1929 crash, ...

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Ron Simon's Stuff: The Scribbler struck by something that's not so funny now - Mansfield News Journal

Ron Simon's Stuff: The Scribbler struck by something that's not so funny now
Mansfield News Journal
He made a mint before the 1929 Wall Street crash and lived pretty well. Too well. He wound up with gout. He had one foot wrapped up like a mummy in bandages ...

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American joblessness No growth - Economist (blog)

American joblessness No growth
Economist (blog)
... in the 1920s that ended with the Wall Street Crash of 1929, one might have wondered if America's economic dynamo had not come to its end-of-life term. ...

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A Crash Course in Historic Market Crashes - Minyanville.com

A Crash Course in Historic Market Crashes
Minyanville.com
First, last week was a wild ride on Wall Street as volatility surged and then it retreated to where all the US markets essentially closed flat on Friday. ...

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Editor's Letter - Vanity Fair

Editor's Letter
Vanity Fair
... treasurer Phil Angelides, would grab the public's attention the same way the Pecora Commission that cleaned up Wall Street after the crash of 1929 did. ...

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Whither Financial Reforms? What Are They Waiting for? Fears of A Second Crash ... - BuzzFlash (blog)

Whither Financial Reforms? What Are They Waiting for? Fears of A Second Crash ...
BuzzFlash (blog)
All too quietly, Wall Street firms are being sued for their many transgressions. A study by Gary Null found that over $430 billion has been paid to ...

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