Stock Market Crash of 1929 - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Montgomery Burns: Encyclopedia - Montgomery Burns
Charles Montgomery "Monty" Burns (usually simply Mr. Burns) (born September 15 in an unspecified year), a fictional character, is the own...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wishful Thinking: Encyclopedia - Wishful Thinking
Wishful thinking is the formation of beliefs and making decisions according to what might be pleasing to imagine instead of by appealing ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chesapeake Bay Bridge: Encyclopedia - Chesapeake Bay Bridge
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge, known locally as the Bay Bridge and officially as the William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial Bridge, is a major br...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 7 Up: Encyclopedia - 7 Up
7 Up (sometimes spelled Seven Up) is the brand name of a lemon-lime flavored soft drink marketed by Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. (DPSU) in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Margin Finance: Encyclopedia Ii - Margin Finance - Margin Buying
Jean buys a share in Universal Widgets SA for ¢100, using ¢20 of his own money, and ¢80 borrowed from his broker. The net value (share...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Oppenheimer: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Oppenheimer - Early Life And Education
Robert Oppenheimer was born in New York City on April 22, 1904 to Julius S. Oppenheimer (a wealthy textile importer who had emigrated to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - October 27 1997 Mini-crash: Encyclopedia Ii - October 27 1997 Mini-crash - Synopsis
The crash started overnight in Asia as Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index plummeted 6%. The Japanese Nikkei 225 fell 2% on the day. The massive ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montauk New York: Encyclopedia Ii - Montauk New York - Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 3,851 people, 1,593 households, and 992 families residing in the CDP. The population density is 85...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montreal: Encyclopedia Ii - Montreal - Places In Montreal
Montreal - Downtown Montreal. Downtown Montreal lies at the foot of Mount Royal, which is designated as a major urban park. The Downtow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Atlas: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Atlas - Advertising Fame
Atlas developed his own muscle-building mail-order business through the use of advertisements in popular periodicals. In 1928 his busines...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lincoln Highway: Encyclopedia Ii - Lincoln Highway - History Of The Lincoln Highway
On July 1, 1913, a group of automobile enthusiasts and industry officials established the Lincoln Highway Association (LHA) "to procure t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Powel Crosley Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - Powel Crosley Jr. - Seagate In Florida
In 1929, Powel Crosley Jr. built a Florida winter retreat on Sarasota Bay for his wife, Gwendolyn. The retreat was built along the bay fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Investment Bank: Encyclopedia Ii - Investment Bank - The Main Activities And Units
Large, global investment banks typically have several business units, including Investment Banking, concerned with advising public and pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theremin: Encyclopedia Ii - Theremin - The Theremin In Use
Theremin - In movie soundtracks. Theremin by Lydia Kavina in the music to 'The Little Mermaid'. A Lera Auerbach's collaboration with ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Socialism In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Socialism In Great Britain - The 20th Century
History of socialism in Great Britain - The Birth of the Labour Party. In 1900, representatives of various trade unions and of the Inde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montreal: Encyclopedia Ii - Montreal - Places In Montreal
Montreal - Downtown Montreal. Downtown Montreal lies at the foot of Mount Royal, which is designated as a major urban park. The Downtow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Encyclopedia Ii - Tuskegee Syphilis Study - Study Clinicians
The study group was formed as part of the venereal disease section of the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS). The start of the Tuskegee Syp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montauk New York: Encyclopedia Ii - Montauk New York - Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 3,851 people, 1,593 households, and 992 families residing in the CDP. The population density is 85...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Netherlands In World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - The Netherlands In World War Ii - Prelude To The War
In World War I the Netherlands succeeded in remaining neutral, although the sympathies were clearly more on the German side than on the B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montgomery Burns: Encyclopedia Ii - Montgomery Burns - Biography
Montgomery Burns - Early Life. Occasional flashbacks show his early life. When he was very young he lived happily with his loving, natu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wishful Thinking: Encyclopedia Ii - Wishful Thinking - As A Logical Fallacy
In addition to being a cognitive bias and a poor way of making decisions, wishful thinking can also be a specific logical fallacy in an a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Quebecers: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Quebecers - History
Quebec has seen substantial immigration from Ireland in its history, especially during the Irish Great Famine. One notable event of the I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Appeasement: Encyclopedia Ii - Appeasement - Appeasement Of Hitler
By far the most well-known case of appeasement is one which ultimately failed — the appeasement of Adolf Hitler's Germany by United Kin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Georgian Dublin: Encyclopedia Ii - Georgian Dublin - 18th Century Property Developers
While the rebuilding by the Wide Streets Commission fundamentally changed the streetscape in Dublin, a property boom led to additional bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montreal: Encyclopedia Ii - Montreal - Places In Montreal
Montreal - Downtown Montreal. Downtown Montreal lies at the foot of Mount Royal, which is designated as a major urban park. The Downtow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parliament Building Of Northern Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - Parliament Building Of Northern Ireland - Finished Building
The final building was intended to serve both as a seat of parliament and a seat of government, after plans for a Ministerial Building we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ramsay Macdonald: Encyclopedia Ii - Ramsay Macdonald - Early Career
MacDonald was born in Lossiemouth, in Moray in northern Scotland, the illegitimate son of John MacDonald, a farm labourer, and Anne Ramsa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Laura Ingalls Wilder: Encyclopedia Ii - Laura Ingalls Wilder - Celebrated Author
Rose left Rocky Ridge Farm in the late 1930s, moving to Danbury, Connecticut. She eventually ceased fiction writing and spent the remaind...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Closing Milestones Of The Dow Jones Industrial Average: Encyclopedia Ii - Closing Milestones Of The Dow Jones Industrial Average - Closing Milestones From The Dow In 100-point Increments:
Closing milestones of the Dow Jones Industrial Average - The first bull market 1896-1929. Closing milestones of the Dow Jones Industri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Fictional Historical Events: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Fictional Historical Events - 19th Century
Timeline of fictional historical events - 1800s. Early 1800s June - Bernardo Leonardo buys the town from the Indians for $14,800,000....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The United States 1918-1945: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The United States 1918-1945 - The Roaring Twenties
In the U.S. presidential election of 1920, the Republican Party returned to the White House with the election of Warren G. Harding, who p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henryk Grossman: Encyclopedia Ii - Henryk Grossman - Contribution To Theory
While at Frankfurt in the mid-1920s, Grossman contended that a "general tendency to cling to the results" of Marx's theory, in ignorance ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Maynard Keynes: Encyclopedia Ii - John Maynard Keynes - Biography
John Maynard Keynes - Personal and marital life. John Maynard Keynes was the son of John Neville Keynes, an economics lecturer at Cambr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carl G. Fisher: Encyclopedia Ii - Carl G. Fisher - Miami Beach
The future City of Miami Beach became Fisher's next big project. On a vacation to Miami around 1910, he saw potential in the swampy, bug-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of International Trade: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of International Trade - Chronology Of Free Trade Theory And Practice
History of international trade - Pre 1500. 1157 The Hanseatic League secures trading privileges and market rights in England for goods...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Events Preceding World War Ii In Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Events Preceding World War Ii In Europe - The Weimar Republic Becomes The Third Reich
A new democratic German republic, known as the Weimar Republic, came into being and was soon hit by hyperinflation and other serious econ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vauxhall Motors: Encyclopedia Ii - Vauxhall Motors - History
Alexander Wilson founded the company in Vauxhall, London in 1857. Originally named the Vauxhall Iron Works, it built pumps and marine eng...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 7 Up: Encyclopedia Ii - 7 Up - History
7 Up was created by Charles Leiper Grigg who launched his company The Howdy Corporation in 1920. His original product was the Howdy Orang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montgomery Burns: Encyclopedia Ii - Montgomery Burns - Biography
Montgomery Burns - Early life. Occasional flashbacks show his early life. When he was very young he lived happily with his loving, natu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chesapeake Bay Bridge: Encyclopedia Ii - Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Future Crossing
Over the past years, traffic congestion has become an increasing problem for the bridge. During the MdTA's 2004 fiscal year (July 1–Jun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of New York City 1898-1945: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of New York City 1898-1945 - Ragtime Era
The modern city of New York — the five boroughs — was created in 1898, with the consolidation of the cities of New York (then Manhatt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Southern Democrats: Encyclopedia Ii - Southern Democrats - Post-reconstruction To Modern Times
At the beginning of the 20th century the Democrats, led by the dominant Southern wing, had the majority in both houses of Congress. In 19...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Td Banknorth: Encyclopedia Ii - Td Banknorth - Origins
The origins of Banknorth Group, now TD Banknorth, lie in a number of local Maine savings bank: TD Banknorth - The Portland Savings Bank....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Institute For Advanced Study: Encyclopedia Ii - Institute For Advanced Study - The School
The Institute consists of a School of Historical Studies, a School of Mathematics, a School of Natural Sciences, a School of Social Scien...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ivar Kreuger: Encyclopedia Ii - Ivar Kreuger - Companies
In 1917 Kreuger formed Svenska Tändsticks AB (Swedish Match), which by expanding through acquisition of national monopolies became the w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Investment Bank: Encyclopedia Ii - Investment Bank - Role Of Modern Investment Banks
The original purpose of an investment bank was to raise capital and advise on mergers and acquisitions and other corporate financial stra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herbert Hoover: Encyclopedia Ii - Herbert Hoover - Presidency
Hoover won the Republican Presidential nomination in 1928. He campaigned against Al Smith on the basis of efficiency and prosperity. Alth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seventy-third United States Congress: Encyclopedia Ii - Seventy-third United States Congress - Members
Seventy-third United States Congress - Alabama. Hugo Black (D) John H. Bankhead II (D) 1. John McDuffie (D) 2. J. Lister Hill (D) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Democratic Party Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Democratic Party Of Finland - History
SDP was founded in 1899, but came to remain a chiefly extra-parliamentary movement until the Universal suffrage of 1906, after which SDP'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Socialism In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Socialism In Great Britain - The 19th Century
History of socialism in Great Britain - The Industrial Revolution and Robert Owen. The Industrial Revolution, the transition from an ag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montauk New York: Encyclopedia Ii - Montauk New York - Geography
Montauk is located at 41°2'18" North, 71°57'2" West (41.038310, -71.950608)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the hamle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Socialism In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Socialism In Great Britain - Origins
The Reformation occurred later in Britain than in most of mainland Europe. As in the rest of Europe, various liberal thinkers such as Tho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montauk New York: Encyclopedia Ii - Montauk New York - History
In 1926, automotive and real estate pioneer and promoter Carl G. Fisher (1874-1939), who is credited with the successful development of M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herbert Hoover: Encyclopedia Ii - Herbert Hoover - Post-presidency
His opponents in Congress, whom he felt were sabotaging his program for their own political gain, painted him as a callous and cruel pres...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herbert Hoover: Encyclopedia Ii - Herbert Hoover - Achievements Of The Hoover Administration
Even if the Hoover presidency has a negative imprint on it, it must be noted that there were some important reforms under the Hoover admi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herbert Hoover: Encyclopedia Ii - Herbert Hoover - Humanitarian Years
Bored with making money, the Quaker side of Hoover yearned to be of service to others. When World War I started in August 1914, he helped...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henryk Grossman: Encyclopedia Ii - Henryk Grossman - Career
From 1922 to 1925, Grossman was Professor of economics at the Free University of Poland in Warsaw. He emigrated in 1925 to escape politic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Investment Bank: Encyclopedia Ii - Investment Bank - Investment Banks
Some notable public and private investment banks include: ABN AMRO Adams Harkness Anderson & Strudwick Banc of America Securities B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Margin Finance: Encyclopedia Ii - Margin Finance - Types Of Margin Requirements
Margin finance - Current liquidating margin. The current liquidating margin is the value of a securities position if the position would...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Investment Bank: Encyclopedia Ii - Investment Bank - Role Of Modern Investment Banks
The original purpose of an investment bank was to raise capital and advise on mergers and acquisitions and other corporate financial stra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Margin Finance: Encyclopedia Ii - Margin Finance - Price Of Stock For Margin Calls
The minimum margin requirement, sometimes called the maintenance margin requirement, is the ratio set for: (Stock Equity - Leveraged Doll...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Institute For Advanced Study: Encyclopedia Ii - Institute For Advanced Study - History
The institute was founded in 1930 by Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld with the proceeds from their department store in Newark,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herbert Hoover: Encyclopedia Ii - Herbert Hoover - Family Background
Hoover was born into a Quaker family of distant German descent, in West Branch, Iowa. He was the first President to be born west of the M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Investment Bank: Encyclopedia Ii - Investment Bank - Compensation - Uk
Investment Bankers receive the highest starting salary of any graduate-level job in the United Kingdom[2] - whilst the average starting s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Investment Bank: Encyclopedia Ii - Investment Bank - Possible Conflicts Of Interest
Potential conflicts of interest may arise between different parts of a bank, creating the potential for financial movements that could be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Investment Bank: Encyclopedia Ii - Investment Bank - Compensation - Usa
Unlike UK, corporate law competes with banking to be the highest-paying graduate job in USA, with potential six-figure starting salaries ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Socialism In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Socialism In Great Britain - The 21st Century
The international anti-globalisation movement, while difficult to define, has become a focus for other socialists in the 21st century, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herbert Hoover: Encyclopedia Ii - Herbert Hoover - Education
In the fall of 1891, Hoover was a member of the first entering class of students at the new Leland Stanford Junior University in Palo Alt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montreal: Encyclopedia Ii - Montreal - Night Life
Saint Denis Street is also the heart of the Latin Quarter of Montreal (Quartier latin), just south of the Plateau, and filled with clubs,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seventy-third United States Congress: Encyclopedia Ii - Seventy-third United States Congress - Legislation
Seventy-third United States Congress - Special Session. The special session of Congress, which took place before the regular seating, w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seventy-third United States Congress: Encyclopedia Ii - Seventy-third United States Congress - Hearings
Seventy-third United States Congress - Merchants of Death hearings. Committee: U.S. Senate Committee on Munitions Chairman: Senator Ger...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seventy-third United States Congress: Encyclopedia Ii - Seventy-third United States Congress - Party Summary
Seventy-third United States Congress - Senate. At seating 59 Democrats 36 Republicans 1 Farmer-Labor Total 96 At adjournment 60 Demo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herbert Hoover: Encyclopedia Ii - Herbert Hoover - Humanitarian Years
Bored with making money, the Quaker side of Hoover yearned to be of service to others. When World War I started in August 1914, he helped...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herbert Hoover: Encyclopedia Ii - Herbert Hoover - Family Background
Hoover was born into a Quaker family of distant German and Swiss descent, in West Branch, Iowa. He was the first President to be born wes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Powel Crosley Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - Powel Crosley Jr. - Automobiles World War Ii
Of all Crosley's dreams, success at building an affordable automobile for Americans was possibly the only major one to eventually elude h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Powel Crosley Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - Powel Crosley Jr. - Portable Television
Despite his ultimate failure as an automobile manufacturer, Crosley was not out of touch with consumer trends. His WLW was experimenting ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seventy-third United States Congress: Encyclopedia Ii - Seventy-third United States Congress - Officers
Seventy-third United States Congress - Senate. Seventy-third United States Congress - House of Representatives. ... See also:Se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seventy-third United States Congress: Encyclopedia Ii - Seventy-third United States Congress - Changes In Membership
Seventy-third United States Congress - Senate. Seventy-third United States Congress - House of Representatives. ... See also:Sevent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Td Banknorth: Encyclopedia Ii - Td Banknorth - Peoples Becomes Banknorth
The Banknorth acquisition was the most significant to date and with it Peoples assumed the Banknorth name. The merger increased Peoples a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Fictional Historical Events: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Fictional Historical Events - 20th Century
Timeline of fictional historical events - 1900s. Santa Claus ages to peak of maturity (with white hair and long beard); declares Chris...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vauxhall Motors: Encyclopedia Ii - Vauxhall Motors - Origins Of The Name And The Logo
The griffin emblem, which is still in use, is derived from the coat of arms of Fulk le Breant, a mercenary soldier who was granted the Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Td Banknorth: Encyclopedia Ii - Td Banknorth - Recovery And Expansion
In 1993 the Peoples management held a retreat to plan strategy for future growth. Bill Ryan proposed a doubling of assets to $5 billion t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Td Banknorth: Encyclopedia Ii - Td Banknorth - Recession And Crisis
In 1989 the Maine real estate market collapsed. In this period of crisis, William J. Ryan became the new President and CEO. In 1990, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Southern Democrats: Encyclopedia Ii - Southern Democrats - American Civil War
After the election of Lincoln, Southern Democrats led the charge to secede from the Union and form the Confederate States of America. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Td Banknorth: Encyclopedia Ii - Td Banknorth - The Merger Of Portland/peoples/heritage
“The late 1970s and early 1980s were difficult years for the thrift industry. As inflation and interest rates soared into double digits...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Powel Crosley Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - Powel Crosley Jr. - Appliances
Beginning in 1930, Crosley had added refrigerators and other household appliances to his products. During the Great Depression, because h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Powel Crosley Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - Powel Crosley Jr. - Wlw And Crosley Broadcasting
As major manufacturer of radios, it was logical that Powel Crosley Jr. next turned to broadcasting. He began broadcasting from his home w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montreal: Encyclopedia Ii - Montreal - Demographics
See also: List of famous Montrealers The Census Metropolitan Area of Montreal (also known as Greater Montreal Area) has a population of 3...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montreal: Encyclopedia Ii - Montreal - Religion
For a major North American city of its size, the Catholic population is visibly high as hundreds of churches dot the streets of Montreal....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montreal: Encyclopedia Ii - Montreal - Economy
Once the largest city in Canada, Montreal remains a vibrant major centre of commerce, industry, culture, finance, and world affairs. Mont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montreal: Encyclopedia Ii - Montreal - Climate
Montreal lies at the confluence of several climactic regions and thus the climate in Montreal varies greatly, both by season and by day t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montreal: Encyclopedia Ii - Montreal - City Government
Montreal was merged with the 27 surrounding municipalities on the Island of Montreal on 1 January 2002. The merger created a unified city...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montgomery Burns: Encyclopedia Ii - Montgomery Burns - State Of Mind
While fully alert and untouched by senility, Burns is wildly out of touch with the modern world. For example: He often slips into langua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montreal: Encyclopedia Ii - Montreal - History
Algonquin, Huron, and Iroquois have inhabited the Montreal area for some eight thousand years. The first European to reach the area was J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montreal: Encyclopedia Ii - Montreal - Sports
Montreal is famous for its hockey-hungry fans. The Montreal Canadiens is one of the oldest teams of the NHL, a member of the 'Original Si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montreal: Encyclopedia Ii - Montreal - Transportation
Montreal is a transportation hub for eastern Canada, with well-developed air, road, rail, and maritime links to the rest of Canada, as we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - October 27 1997 Mini-crash: Encyclopedia Ii - October 27 1997 Mini-crash - October 28
U.S. stock markets were widely expected to open lower for October 28. Asian markets fell even more than they did on the 27th. Hong Kong's...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Powel Crosley Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - Powel Crosley Jr. - Early Career With Automobiles And Parts
In 1907, Crosley formed a company to build an inexpensive automobile, the Marathon Six, in Connersville, Indiana. It failed. From there, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Powel Crosley Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - Powel Crosley Jr. - Pup Radios And Bonzo
In the early 1920s, his young son asked for a radio, then a new item, and Crosley was shocked at the prices for such a "toy" at a local d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - October 27 1997 Mini-crash: Encyclopedia Ii - October 27 1997 Mini-crash - By The Numbers
October 27 1997 mini-crash - Controversial halts. The reason why this action was so controversial is because when the Dow went through ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montreal: Encyclopedia Ii - Montreal - Transportation
Montreal is a transportation hub for eastern Canada, with well-developed air, road, rail, and maritime links to the rest of Canada, as we...   » Read the article