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The Great Bull Market
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The Great Bull Market (1968) (edit title/settings)

Wall Street in the 1920s

by Robert Sobel (Author) (edit contributors)

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Wall Street and the stock market were major symbols of the 1920s, and the great crash was considered the end of that era. It is surprising, therefore, that little intensive study has been given to the bull market of the period. Several books have been written on the crash itself but non... read more

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IN LATE September of 1919 Charles Ponzi, a forty-two-year-old ex-vegetable dealer, forger, and smuggler, decided he would become a wealthy financier.

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Introduction
Prelude
1. The Wall Street Point of View: 1920
2. An Age of Innovation and Growth
3. The Business of Government
4. Investors, Speculators, Bankers, and Rogues
5. The Exterior Threat: Insull, Kreuger, and the Van Sweringens
6. The Magic of Leverage
7. The Making of the Giant Bull
8. Problems and Perspectives: 1928
9. The Crash
10. Lost Opportunities
Conclusion
Bibliographical Essay
Appendix
Index

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This book is in Norton Essays in American History. (publisher series)

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  1. Robert Sobel (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Norton
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1968
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 175

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  • Library of Congress: HG4572 .S672
  • Dewey: 332.642097471
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