News from 1930

Being a daily summary based upon my reading of the Wall Street Journal from the corresponding day in 1930-1931.

January 11, 2011

Friday, September 25, 1931: Dow 107.79 -8.20 (7.1%)

British crisis update: Sterling continued to decline, opening at $3.91 and sagging to $3.81 (vs. $4.10 on Wed. and $4.85 the previous week)...

December 21, 2010

Some interesting ads

A commenter with the memorable ID of Pants-Happy recently asked to see a certain full-page Packard ad that I had referred to earlier. I find...

December 11, 2010

Thursday, September 24, 1931: Dow 115.99 +6.59 (6.0%)

[Note: Sorry for the gap in posting the past month - have been busy on some other projects. Will try and get back on a more regular schedule...

November 10, 2010

The Lighter Side of Utter Catastrophe, and Stock Market Poetry

After writing my recent note on Eddie Cantor , I did a search on Amazon and was delighted to find that “Caught Short: A Saga of Wailing Wal...

October 30, 2010

Wednesday, September 23, 1931: Dow 109.40 -1.43 (1.3%)

British crisis special : “ Great Britain's second day off the gold standard, as far as the man in the street was concerned, found the c...

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