Obscuria
- Bernie
Cornfield (1970's) Responsible for the
Investors Overseas Service fiasco
- Blue RIdge
Corporation (1920's) A highly leveraged
trust that fell in price dramatically after the
crash of '29
- Boston
Chicken (1990's) Fast food company that
went out of business
- Braniff
Airlines - An airline with attitude, but
which went out of business
- Bre-X
(1990's) Company whose stock skyrocketed on bogus
news of a gold strike
- CMGI
(1990's) Intenet incubator stock that has fallen
dramatically
- E-Stamp
(1990's) E-commerce firm that went out of
business
- Graham and
Dodd (1930's) Authors of a respected
book that fundamentalists use to evaluate
securities
- Insana, Ron
- CNBC reporter
- Kernan, Joe
- CNBC reporter
- ICGE
(1990's) Intenet incubator stock that has fallen
dramatically
- KTEL
(1990's) Company whose stock traded near $40
before getting delisted
- Marley's
Ghost - From A Christmas Carol by
Dickens
- Pets.com
(1990's) E-commerce firm that went out of
business
- Professor
Irving Fisher (1920's) A respected
economist who is often rembered for saying in
1929, "Stock prices have reached what looks
like a permanently high plateau."
- Seaboard Air
Line (1920's) During the period prior to
the '29 crash, people purchased stock in this
southeastern railway thinking it was an airline
- Service Corp
International - Funeral services
- Studebaker
- manufacturer of automobiles until 1960
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