Wall Street is more than just a seven-block thoroughfare in Lower Manhattan: it is also a marketplace for 17 million investing Americans, a worldwide symbol of capitalism, and a national pool of money from which American business draws its financial sustenance. The Street has meant profit for many investors and grief for some, and since World War II has raised $43 billion for the expansion and modernization of U.S. industry. Any man can buy a piece of what Wall Street offers with a down payment of as little as $2, but the...
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