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The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published in 1875.
The Stock Exchange in Vienna closes due to bank failures, contributing to the severity of the Great Depression in Europe in 1929.
Blackberry phones officially end service after a year-long transition to a software-based business model in 2022.
by Fred Fuld III
Apple Computer (AAPL) was incorporated in 1977.
The first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin, called the Genesis block, is established by the creator of the system in 2009.
The Bell Telephone Company (T) was chartered in Massachusetts by Alexander Graham Bell and his associates in 1876.
The Bank of Italy changes its name to Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association (BAC), solidifying its national expansion beyond its Californian roots in 1928.
IBM Corporation (IBM) introduces the IBM 1401, a pioneering transistorized computer designed for business applications in 1960.
The New York Stock Exchange introduces the Decimalization Plan, shifting stock prices from fractions to whole dollar amounts in 1970.
Sony Corporation (SONY) releases the Sony Walkman TPS-L2, the first commercially successful portable cassette player in 1981.
Available at Stocks for Beginners
When and why did the CIA create a venture capital fund? How did a failed stockbroker become a literary giant? Fred Fuld III from Wall Street News Network discusses Financial History, Investment Trivia and Antique Stock Certificates.
Some of the topics covered in the discussion include:
– The Venture Capital Fund that the CIA created
– The stock run by the FBI that had a box of clothes as its only asset
– Bitcoin trivia
– The first women-owned stock brokerage firm in 1870
– Celebrity Stockbrokers including Jules Verne
– The Skirt Length Index
– The first marijuana stock
You can listed to the podcast or read the transcript at Stocks for Beginners.
