WALL STREET: The New Bull Market

>Already in 1943 more shares of stock have changed hands on the New York Stock Exchange than in all 1942.

>In the first full week in May, more than 2,000,000 shares were sold in every full day of trading.

>Last week, when the conquest of Tunisia was a fact, not a good speculation, the market slumped, as usual after good news, but the daily volume still continued over 1,000,000 shares.

This kind of activity makes plenty of money for the Street. But hardly anyone, from Stock Exchange President Emil Schram down to the lowest customers' man, really enjoys the boom. They fear that...

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