Wall Street Crash

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Wall Street Crash

October 1929

Have you ever heard of the
Wall Street Crash of 1929? What do you know about it?

Todat we´ll talk about: 

• How does the stock market work?
• What was the Great Crash? 
• What happened before the Great Crash?

How does the stock market work?

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On average, people earned $3.269 per year. That´s around $56.932 now.
What would you do with all this money?

Why would you lend money from the banks?

The Roaring 20´s

Party now, pay later!

The Great Crash

• October 18th: prices start falling
• October 24th: Black Thursday     

Why wouldn´t the government print more money?

Independent work

Worksheets level A and B

Which of these is NOT one of the causes of the stock crash?

1. New investors trading on speculation rather than value
2. New technologies made many old companies to fail
3. Falling wheat prices
4. Too much margin trading

Why did margin trading cause so many problems?

1. When stocks used as collateral started to lose value, brokers forced borrowers to pay back loans immediately
2. Borrowing any money for investments is always very risky
3. Only inexperienced investors were using margin, so they were doomed to fail
4. It caused too much money to enter the market too quickly