Friday January 15, 2010

ThursdayOnce again in class we talked about the stock market crash. We went over how people were buying stocks on credit. Another cause was that the stocks didnt have real value. The price of the stock was greater than the value of the company.Crash of 1929 VideoWhat is Pooling? It is when a group of high up investors would pool together their money to buy a stock, inflaite the price, and then sell the stocks for a large profit to the public.What did the federal reserve board do? The Federal Reserve Board increased intrest rates to almost 20%. The Federal Reserve Board did this to try to stop people from buying on margin.What causesed the crash?
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