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#Speculation

Events indexed under #Speculation — 6 entries in the record.

6 events From Apr 10, 1816 To Aug 1, 1929 Open in filter view →
Activity over time Events per year
1816 · 1 event1819 · 1 event1862 · 2 events1928 · 1 event1929 · 1 event18161929
DateEventLanesStatus
1929-08-01Investment Trust Leverage Pyramids Reach Unsustainable Peak
Goldman Sachs · Investment Trusts · Federal Reserve
confirmed
1928-01-01Margin Buying Explosion Enables Rampant Stock Market Speculation
Federal Reserve · Goldman Sachs · Investment Trusts
confirmed
1862-07-01Pacific Railway Act Creates Land Grant System Enabling Massive Railroad Speculation and Corruption
Abraham Lincoln · U.S. Congress · Union Pacific Railroad · Central Pacific Railroad · +2
confirmed
1862-02-25Legal Tender Act Creates Unbacked Greenback Currency Enabling Speculation and Inflation Despite Constitutional Questions
U.S. Congress · Abraham Lincoln · Edmund Dick Taylor · Wall Street
confirmed
1819-01-01Panic of 1819 Erupts from Second Bank Speculation and Baltimore Branch Fraud
Second Bank of the United States · William Jones · Langdon Cheves · Baltimore branch directors
confirmed
1816-04-10Second Bank of the United States Chartered, Immediately Plagued by Speculation and Fraud
President James Madison · U.S. Congress · Second Bank of the United States · William Jones
confirmed