Depressions and recessions differ both in duration and the severity of economic contraction. A recession is a normal part of the business cycle that generally occurs when GDP contracts for at least two quarters. A depression, on the other hand, is an extreme fall in economic activity that lasts for years, rather than just several […]
Read moreSuccessful investors can predict changes in the markets, right? Wrong. Let’s look at the three most significant drops in stock prices during the past 25 years. On Monday, October 19, 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 508 points, over 22%. Program trading, overvaluation, and market psychology may have played a role in the sudden […]
Read moreThe History Of The Stock Market From Boats to Brokers In 1604, the Dutch East India Company held the world’s first initial public offering that allowed investors to buy shares in its ship’s voyages. Over the years that followed, in the wake of this first IPO, the world’s first stock exchange formed in Amsterdam out […]
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