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    Tuesday- was the most catastrophic stock market crash in the history of United States. The price of stocks completely crashed and eliminated many American jobs. Speculation- investment in stocks involving risk but offering the chance of gains such as profit from changes in the market price. "Buying on Margin"- People buy stocks with borrowed money and pay back the borrowed money with the profit earned from the stock. This caused problems because if the stock decreased in value then the person…

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    economy lost billions of dollars. On Black Tuesday, the stock market crashed causing the economy to crash. The crash was caused by a number of reasons. Buying on margin, speculation, and the mass selling of stocks caused the stock market to crash on Black Tuesday. First, buying on margin assisted in the stock market crash on Black Tuesday. One example is when the text showed, “Margin purchases allowed many people to invest heavily in the stock market without using much of their own money”…

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    0 INTRODUCTION The stock market is crucial in determining the country’s economy while stock market return plays the important roles in Malaysia’s stock market. The concerns on stock market returns tended to increase at times as it can determine the economic activity of a country. Nevertheless, the relationship between stock price and macroeconomic variables such as interest rate, exchange rate and inflation rate is also crucial in determining the performance of stock market. Besides that, there…

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    Was the Stock Market Crash of 1929 the Main Reason for the Great Depression? Introduction: Thesis: The Stock Market Crash of 1929 marked the beginning of the Great Depression. It was the catalyst for the greatest economic collapse in history. Understanding the reasons behind the Great Depression- in particular regards to how the Stock Market Crash greatly affected and commenced it- is vital to preventing any future economic depressions. Body: The result of the Stock Market Crash of 1929…

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    Stock Market Junkies: Addiction, “Casino Culture”, and the Dangers of Wall Street Who knows why people do it? Is it the allure of the suit and tie culture of the business world? Do they make gambling look fanciful or sexy? These questions provide important questions on why people tend to give their money to stockbrokers in the hope that they will win the lottery on Wall Street. In American society, the tendency to seek a “pot of gold” at the end of every rainbow is an important way to…

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    The stock Market is defined by The Economist Times as a place where shares of public listed companies are traded. This is the primary market where companies float shares to the general public at an initial public offering to raise capital (The Economist Times). According to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, stocks are a type of security that give stockholders a share of ownership in a company. Investors buy stocks for different reasons but primarily because of capital appreciation,…

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    e) Time Series Analysis A time series was a sequence of data points and are often plotted via line graph. The stock market index that investors usually used, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was one of the example of time series. Meanwhile, time series analysis which analyzing the time series data was frequently used by firms to compare the firm itself overtime. Generally forecasting and controlling performance of firm was the main goal of time series analysis. Managers can impose actions to…

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    I was happy when I heard from a classmate in another class that old man Moore was ending the 1st stock market game. I was doing badly in that game, so the new game was like a fresh start for me. During 6th period, I checked my first stock for that game, and saw that I made 300 bucks. However, the stock market had already ended at the time, so I could not collect my cash. The next day I checked, that 300 bucks of earnings turned into just 50 bucks. Between the closing and the opening, my earnings…

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    and in the end I would be paid greatly. But what are you supposed to work hard for when you 're out of the job, prices are rising, and you can barely make enough money on part time jobs to support yourself? It 's hard in the U.S right now, the Stock Market has crashed and the crops in the Midwest are dying out. We had recently just concluded the Great War and we had won. Germany had to pay $33 billion dollars in reparations after the war for all of the damage they have caused. Things seemed…

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    project that I did which is called the stock market project. The stock market project is where we get $5,000 (Fake) and we have to use it to buy a minimum of 4 stocks and a maximum of 6 stocks. We have to spend as close to $5,000 as possible. Then we have to make weekly reports and keep track of the profit we make, and the money we lose on the stocks. We will use the same source of information that we used to buy the stocks all through the game. The four stocks that I chose to invest in were…

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