Image credit: Courtesy of Fred Siesel, Weeden & Co., “The May Day Countdown Calendar,” 1975 By Jason Zweig | 9:00 am ET May 1, 2015 Today’s “Intelligent Investor” column marks the 40th anniversary of May Day, when the Securities and Exchange Commission abolished fixed-rate commissions on stock trading—perhaps the most transformative...
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Photo Credit: Mark Hirshey, Wikipedia Creative Commons By Jason Zweig | 11:00 am ET May 1, 2015 What makes Warren Buffett Warren Buffett? That question will dominate this weekend’s annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway, on the 50th anniversary of Mr. Buffett’s takeover of the company. His letter to shareholders in this year’s annual report offered Mr....
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Image Credit: “Floor of the New York Stock Exchange,” Thomas J. O’Halloran, 1963, Library of Congress By Jason Zweig |10:35 am ET Apr. 30, 2015 Friday, May 1, is the 40th anniversary of what may well have been the most momentous day on Wall Street since the predecessor of the New York Stock Exchange was formed in 1792. On May Day 1975,...
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