history of the stock market By: kelly Once there was a time when “shares in business corporations were rarely bought and sold because few companies were considered promising financial profits” (Blume 21). That is hard to believe considering almost everybody has invested in some stock today. The stock market went through some distinct changes since its inception, and has evolved into a shaping force in the world today. There is one idea that sparked the fire …showed first 75 words of 1449 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1449 total…before they became too out of control, but failed to stop the small investor from driving the market down (Sharp 210). We must learn from history to make sure we never make the same mistakes that Wall Street made at the turn of the century. However, nobody can predict the future; with the rise of new types of stocks, online trading, and faster riskier trading, are we setting ourselves up for yet another fall? Word Count: 1481