The stock market

Contents......Page 8
Illustrations......Page 10
Series Foreword by Wesley B. Truitt......Page 12
Preface and Acknowledgments......Page 16
Chronology......Page 18
1. Introduction......Page 30
2. A Brief History of the U.S. Stock Market......Page 38
3. Stocks in Today’s Economy......Page 66
4. Today’s Stock Market in Action......Page 84
5. Recent Innovations in Stocks and Stock Markets......Page 98
6. Regulation of the Stock Market......Page 114
7. Stock Markets Abroad......Page 130
8. Summing It Up......Page 148
Appendix: Companies Listed in the Dow Jones Industrial Average......Page 152
Glossary......Page 156
Bibliography and Online Resources......Page 162
Index......Page 166
FIGURE 1.1 Dow Jones Industrial Average: Close, 1950–2006......Page 35
FIGURE 2.1 Dow Jones Industrial Average: Close, 1900–1910......Page 44
FIGURE 2.2 Dow Jones Industrial Average: Close, 1910–1935......Page 48
FIGURE 2.3 Dow Jones Industrial Average: Close, 1980–1990......Page 53
FIGURE 2.4 Dow Jones Industrial Average: Close, 1990–2005......Page 59
FIGURE 7.1 Dow-Nikkei-FTSE and Adjusted Dow-Nikkei-FTSE, 1989–2005......Page 142
FIGURE 7.2 Economic Growth before and after an Exchange Is Opened......Page 145
TABLE 7.1 Exchanges Ranked by Market Capitalization in U.S. Dollars, End of 2004......Page 131