S3_Fundamental of Technical Analysis and Algorithmic Trading

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Thanks for uploading to Scribd in the past! To make Scribd an active and valuable community, we ask users to upload one quality document for every one they download.Creative writingPresentationsOriginal essaysPoetryHow-to-guidesSpreadsheetsSchool WorkHistorical documentsUploadOR needed to expand once again and decided to hold a contest to choose thedesign for its new building on18 Broad St. The exchange�s boardchose the now famous neoclassic design of architectGeorge B. Postand the new building opened on April 22, 1903 to muchfanfare and festivity.The six massiveCorinthiancolumns across its façade, topped by a marblesculpture by John Quincy Adams Ward,called ? Integrity Protecting theWorks of Man,?created a feeling of substance and stability�..not just inthe market, but in theUnited Statesitself.Today, the building is considered one of Post�s masterpieces and is a NewYork City and American national landmark.More Growth�.. The Roaring 1920�smarked another great stock market expansion period,with the Dow growing from 60 to its 1929 peak of 381.17� and marked thebeginnings of modern America as it transitioned again from a wartime to apeacetime economy with increased productivity.The decade of bath tub gin, themodel T , the$5 work day, the first radiobroadcast and transatlantic flights, and even movies, helped the nationbecame more urban and commercial.Calvin Coolidgedeclared that?America's business was business.?

Good times were here!Then the unthinkable happened �..On October 24th,1929, otherwise known as�Black Thursday,? stock pricesfell sharply on record volume of nearly13 million shares�..Then five dayslater, ?Black Tuesday? shook the worldas prices fall sharply again and thestock market officially crashes with volume of over 16 million shares whichis a level not to be surpassed for 39 years.The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls more than 11 percent and this?crash? is often blamed for precipitating the Great Depression