Harold Bierman Jr.

Beating the Bear (eBook, PDF)

Lessons from the 1929 Crash Applied to Today's World

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Produktbeschreibung

This book reexamines the economic crash of 1929 and compares the event to the modern stock market crash of 2008-2009.

Twice in the last century the usually stalwart economy of United States has crumbled-first in 1929, when the stock market crash that led to the Great Depression hit, and again with the financial market meltdown of 2008-2009 that is still crippling much of America. While it is still too soon to state unequivocally how this latest economic disaster came about, it is possible to theorize that much of what has happened could have been foreseen and even avoided-just as it could have been in 1929.

This book accurately describes the economic situations in the United States before the 1929 and 2008-2009 stock market crashes, and carefully examines the causes of both financial crises. This comprehensive assessment of both time periods allows readers to better grasp the present market situation, understand the connection between the explosion of the sub-prime mortgage market and the current state of the economy, and more wisely forecast the future.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313382154
• Artikelnr.: 38204803

Autorenporträt

HAROLD BIERMAN, JR. is the Nicholas H. Noyes Professor of Business Administration at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University. He is the author of several books, including The Great Myths of 1929 and the Lessons to Be Learned (Greenwood, 1991).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. How High Is High? The Stock Markets in 1929
and 2008 2. The Events Prior to the 1929 and 2008 Crashes 3. Market Myths
in 1929 and 2008-2009 4. The Fed's Role in Good Times and Bad 5. Practice
for the October Crash: The Week of March 25, 1929 6. The 1929 Market in
Depth: The Ups and Downs of the 1929 Stock Market 7. The Great Crash of
2008: The 2008-2009 Market in Depth 8. Stopping the Speculators: Margin
Buying, Pools, Trusts, Short Selling, and the 1929 Crash 9. The Senate
Hearings of 1931 Concerning 1929 10. Dispelling the Myths of 1929 11. The
U.S. Government Accuses . 12. The Prime Cause of the 1929 Crash: The Public
Utility Sector 13. Lessons to Be Learned 14. Post-Crash Investment
Strategies: Beating the Bear Market Notes Bibliography Index