Even though the stock market was risky it did not seem that way in the 1920’s it seemed like a...

Stock Market Crash Of 1929

By: Emily Sollmann and Leah Boring

Why?

Even though the stock market was risky it did not seem that way in the 1920’s it seemed like a trustworthy investment

After World Warv1 ended it gave people more confidence so, they invested in stocks

Important Days

Black Tuesday is known as the worst day in stock market history, there were lots of orders and they fell behind quickly

Black Thursday was the begging of one of the stock market crashes

Money

Stocks lost $13 billion or 40% that’s 10 times more than their federal budget

November 13th they lost over $100 billion

Examples

Buyers screamed and often fell to the floor when they got bad news about stocks

Some scared bankers withdrew $144 billion

Effects

The stock market crash was said to be one of the causes of the great depression

The stock crash changed the way investors viewed the stock market

Signs Of Trouble

Early 1929, people and even companies were rushing to buy stocks

From June through August stock market prices had reached their highest

After

Many people lost their entire savings

Lots of companies ruined

Faith in companies ruined

Pictures

Microsoft images

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