The Investor Who Made $100 Million During The Great Depression
3 min readOct 7, 2020
And then lost it all…
The Great Depression was the most difficult stretch for stock investors. In a little under 3 years, the DOW went down almost 90% due in large part to excessive greed getting exposed. Prior to the Great Depression, investors were using margin to buy their shares and only putting 10% down which created a gigantic bubble.