From J.P. Morgan to the Institutional Investor: A Financial History of the United States 1900-1970

ISBN-13: 9781032161105 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 412 str.

Jerry W. Markham

Opis

Originally published in 2002, this book recounts the numerous panics and economic downturns that recurred periodically in American finance in the 1900s, including the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression.

Spis treści

Part 1: A New Century 1. The Twentieth Century Begins 2. Insurance, Banking and Underwriting 3. The Panic of 1907 4. The Federal Reserve and the Money Trust 5. Banking and Securities Before the War Part 2: America Enters the War 1. World War I 2. War and the Stock Market 3. The Futures Markets 4. Banking in the Twenties Part 3: The Crash 1. The Stock Market Expands 2. The Market Surge and Investment Trusts 3. The Stock Market Crash of 1929 4. The Banking Crisis 5. Congress Investigates the Stock Market Part 4: Regulating Finance 1. Monetary Policy and the Depression 2. The Federal Securities Laws 3. Commodity Market Reforms 4. The Market Suffers 5. Investment Companies and Insurance Regulation Part 5: War and the Rebuilding of Finance 1. World War II and Finance 2. After the War 3. Korea and the War on Investment Bankers 4. The Fed and the 1950s Part 6: A New Era Begins 1. Institutional Investors 2. Banking, Gold and Trading 3. The Securities Markets 4. Institutions and Paperwork.

O autorze

Jerry W. Markham is a professor of law at Florida International University in Miami, USA, where he teaches corporate and international business law.