‘Don’t Panic, Stocks are Safe!’
Just a reminder. Economist Professor Irving Fischer explains that the stock market crashed due to high expectations- not high stock prices. Too many speculators were playing the stocks with borrowed money, resulting in a run on the banks. 80 years later, the banks are speculating with borrowed money and investors are running away from them.
Historic video below.
The Crash of 1929
Just a reminder, nothing more… Great historic video below, but back then they did not know of HFT.
Mega Bear Charts
With absolutely no volume traded on the Markets, despite the Markets down between 2-3%, with the biggest underperformer, Athens at -3.4%, let’s review some bearish charts. Courtesy DShort;
Market crash 1929, mystery unraveled?
Dow Jones Industrial Average, a fata morgana? The article “Stockmarketcrash 1929, mystery unraveled?” is a must read. Original Dutch version at the end of the article.
Guest Post by Wim Grommen;
In the twenties of the last century the world, and especially the United States, experienced an economical high. As a result of this, share and stock prices rose to unprecedented heights, beyond reasonable values. The underlying economy had decreased in strength without this being reflected on the stock exchange. Investors were euphoric and stock prices were forced up against all economic logic. (1)
In my view the causes for the rise of the Dow Jones to unprecedented highs were the introduction of a new calculation method for the Dow on 1 October 1928, the introduction of the Dow-divisor, the extension of the Dow from 20 to 30 funds on 1 October 1928 and splitting the stock between October 1928 and November 1929 which was the last part of the acceleration phase of the second industrial revolution. These 3 factors caused the Dow to rise exponentially from 238 tot 381 points in de period October 1928 to September 1929, while the underlying economy strongly diminished in strength.
Transitions
Every production phase, civilization or other human invention goes through a so called transformation process. Transitions are social transformation processes that cover at least one generation. In this article I will use one such transition to demonstrate the position of our present civilization and its possible effect on stock exchange rates.
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