Gilded Age

A financial crisis triggered by the collapse of overextended railroad investments. The panic began i...

A severe economic depression triggered by the failure of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and t...

Created by Charles Dow, co-founder of Dow Jones and Company, on May 26, 1896. The original index inc...

A period of rampant speculation and corruption in post Civil War America. Railroad magnates like Jay...

A political debate in the late 19th century United States over whether to back the dollar with both ...

Paper currency issued by the US government during the Civil War, so called because of the green ink ...

Gold was discovered in New South Wales and Victoria in 1851. The Australian gold rush transformed th...

The discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886 transformed South Africa. The gold was deep under...

Japans postal savings system, established in 1875, became the largest pool of savings in the world. ...

The Tokyo Stock Exchange was established on May 15, 1878. It became the largest exchange in the worl...

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange traces its origins to the Association of Stockbrokers in Hong Kong, fou...