Mrs. Ruland's U.S. History Class Project
Stock Market Reform and Monitoring to the Present Day
This webliography gives links containing specific information on the New Deal and Restrictions on the stock market. Many of these restrictions worked to help better the stock market and prevent another crash such as the one in 1929. The websites listed and described have specific information on legislation passed to prevent stock market failure. The websites contain several examples of these safegaurds, including those that are still active today. Overall the sources give a well rounded view on stock market reform legislation from the New Deal onward.
Learning, Short-Sale Restrictions, and Stock Market Participation
After the stock market crash of 1929 people lost faith in the stock market. In order to get people to believe in the integrity and security of the stock market the government issued many restrictions and regulations. This web site gives the most detailed and informative description about those actions taken. If you are interested in that aspect of our history of our American Stock Market, you need to click here.
IPO Basics: Stock Exchanges and Securities Laws
This website gave good information on how certain laws; both present day and older have affected the stock market. It also gives an overview of how the process works today. The main information that is useful on this website is the overview that it gives on the different stock exchanges, their differences, and how they run overall. Overall, this website is a good place to start in understanding the stock market and how laws change its workings.
Sage History: The Great Depression and the New Deal
This Web page gives a list of organizations that were created in the first 100 days and the second 100 days. It tells what the organization is and what the main point of the organization. If you need topics to help you start your research path, click this link.
Securities and Exchange Commission: The Laws that Govern the Securities Industry
This site is an excellent government related site which gives very good information regarding post 1930 laws that affected the stock market. Being a government site, it is very reliable. The overall best feature of this site is the fact that it presents an organized overview of important legislation regarding the stock market during and after the New Deal.
Shorting Restrictions, Liquidity, and Returnes
This website has an in depth description of shorting stocks. It also describes reforms for stock holders and brokers, but more specifically it covers restrictions and repercussions of shorting the market. This information is structured in a paper, containing the specific information and some accompanying graphs. This is also well sourced and very thorough.
This site gives a very good history of the stock market. Its organization and simplicity make it both easy to use and a good source of basic information regarding the past of the stock market. Overall, it is an excellent place to start.
Exchanges: Circuit Breakers, Curbs, and Other Trading Restrictions
This website is an excellent source for information regarding several aspects of trading restrictions dealing with the stock market, specifically circuit breakers. It is very organized and gives very relevant information on different markets, specifically NYSE and CME. Overall, it is an excellent source regarding current restrictions.
Securities and Exchange Commission Information
This Site contains a summary and overview of the SEC and its purpose. It gives a list of acts relating to the SEC and what they were. Use this link if you need the main idea of the SEC and acts that you could use for further research.
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