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TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Greetings Infomaniacs,
Interested in learning some facts about the stock market?
Look no further, check out the tidbits below!
Enjoy!
Melissa
Email Melissa: mailto:melissa@gophercentral.com
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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Put not your trust in money, but put your money in
trust."
HINT: (1809-1894), American physician, professor, lecturer,
and author.
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RANDOM TIDBITS
Wall Street was laid out behind a 12-foot-high wood
stockade across lower Manhattan in 1685. The stockade was
built to protect the Dutch settlers from British and Native
American attacks.
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The Massachusetts Investors Trust was the first official
mutual fund, created on March 21st, 1924. The Wellington
Fund, created in 1928, was the first mutual fund to include
stocks and bonds.
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The NYSE was originally organized at the Tontine Coffee
House, located at the northwest corner of Wall and Water
Streets, at 82 Wall Street. Business was transacted there
until 1817.
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VIDEO CLIP
Stock Market Crash - Cronkite Remembers
The Crash of '29 was the most devastating stock market
crash in American history which contributed to the Great
Depression of the 1930's that lasted about 10 years.
http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=11261
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The longest period in which the exchange was closed
occurred during WW1, when the NYSE was closed for four and
a half months starting July 31st, 1914.
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The NASDAQ was created in 1971 and was the first electronic
stock exchange, focusing on the trading of OTC stocks.
NASDAQ stands for ?National Association of Securities
Dealers Automated Quotation.?
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average was created by Dow Jones
& Company in 1896. There are thirty companies on the DJIA,
with the list constantly being revised.
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QUOTE: "Put not your trust in money, but put your money in
trust."
ANSWER: Oliver Wendell Holmes.
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