The United States Securites and Exchange Commission was founded in 1934 in response to the great stock market crash of 1929. Congress created the SEC in the hopes that it would serve as an independent and non-partisan agency that would help regulate the dealing of securities in the USA. Thanks to the crash of 1929, [...]
When most people think of terrorist attacks in New York City, images of September 11th instantly spring to mind. But that wasn’t the first major attack in New York’s history. The World Trade Centre was attacked earlier in 1993 with a bomb in the building’s basement. But there was yet another terrorist attack in New [...]
The events of October 19, 1987, at the time, were looked upon as a full-fledged stock market crash. In retrospect, no depression or even a recession was sparked by this dramatic fall in prices, but the event is historic nonetheless. One of the aspects that makes it so memorable is the fact that to this [...]
The world of investing is filled with colourful jargon and phrases that may seem strange if you don’t know what they mean. A great example of this is a “Bull market” and a “Bear market.” These two terms refer to market trends. A Bull market means that the market is headed up and it’s time [...]
When we reflect of the current New York Stock Exchange, images come to mind of the Big Board, ticker tape and unbelievable amounts of stress. But it didn’t always use to be that way. There was a time when a group of men met under a shady tree in the spring to found what would [...]