Stock Markets & Exchange Rates
Dow Jones Interactive Learning Center - Learn about the Dow Jones index through this timeline, articles, company ins and outs etc.
The Crash of 1929:
New York Times: Looking back at the crash of 1929
Comparative prices:
The Big Mac Index - The Economist's Big Mac index seeks to make exchange-rate theory more digestible using as a financial indicator the big mac fast-food item.
How much is that worth today? - Compare the purchasing power of money in Great Britain from 1600 to any other year up to the present.
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