Imagine the financial damage if a 2008-style market crash happened today. Read about how much the average investor could lose if markets plunge again.

The Great Depression started with the stock market crash of 1929, and was the most severe economic downturn in modern history ...

Issued when cash vanished and banks froze, Depression-era scrip kept local economies alive—and today offers collectors a ...

Author Andrew Ross Sorkin, skilled at writing about America’s financial history, tackles the Great Depression in his new book ...

Andrew Ross Sorkin's "1929" is already a bestseller. Many who read this book will look for parallels to today.

The lesson of 1929 and 2008 is that highly leveraged investments along with complex ideas that are hard to understand are ...