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Joint Stock Companies & Investing

Will Nash
Will Nash 10 months ago

Hey everyone! 

Maybe some of you have time left before the year starts, but my inservice week started today, so it's getting real! My schedule changed a bit and I lost my finance class, but I still want to see if I can make connections in my 1200 course. Has anyone ever connected joint stock companies (British East India, Dutch VOC) to the modern stock market? I was thinking I could have students "adopt" different companies and make it a contest over the course of a month or so in November/December when we're on the topic to see who gains the most and do a reflection. 

Thoughts?

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  • Melissa Nowotarski
    Melissa Nowotarski 7 months ago

    I'm not sure about tracing them to modern corporations, but here's a funny little video on short selling from Planet Money on the VOC.  You might be able to connect it to the Great Depression buying on the margin.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4o40Zv2rzc

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  • Melissa Nowotarski
    Melissa Nowotarski 7 months ago

    I'm not sure about tracing them to modern corporations, but here's a funny little video on short selling from Planet Money on the VOC.  You might be able to connect it to the Great Depression buying on the margin.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4o40Zv2rzc

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