Financial History Issue 117 (Spring 2016) | Page 8

THE TICKER  MUSEUM NEWS MUSEUM OF AMERICAN FINANCE BENEFACTORS ($1,000 AND ABOVE) The Museum is most grateful for the financial support of these major donors in the past year to help advance our commitment to preserving, exhibiting and teaching the power and value of American finance. • Abner Herrman & Brock, LLC • John Adams • The Adirondack Trust Company • The American-Scottish Foundation • Anonymous • Theodore Aronson • Cliff and Laura Asness • Howard Baker • Bank of America Merrill Lynch • Barrett Asset Management • Bruce Bent • John Biggs • Bloomberg Philanthropies • Jim Bolin • Bradley Charitable Fund • Briar Foundation • Robert Buckholz • Capco • Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP • CFA Institute • Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. • Citigroup • The Clearing House • CME Group • Consolidated Edison • Crystal & Company • John P. Davidson, III • Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP • Andrea de Cholnoky • DeWitt Stern • William H. and Jane P. Donaldson • Harold Ehrlich • Charles Elson • Friedman Family Foundation • Financial Women’s Association • The Gabelli Funds • Timothy Geithner MAY 26 1896 • Goldman Sachs • Arturo Gomez • Martha Clark Goss • Kenneth C. Griffin • Guardian Life Insurance • Douglas Hamilton • William Harrison • Healey Family Foundation • Herzog & Co., Inc. • The History Factory • Houlihan Lokey • Al and Denise Hurley • ING Americas • International Precious Metals Institute • Investopedia • itBit • JPMorgan Chase • Carol Kaimowitz • Myron Kandel • Ann F. Kaplan • Glenn Kaufman • Kohlberg, Kravis & Roberts & Co., LP • Bradford Kopp • Kx Systems • Sherry and Alan Leventhal Family Foundation • Bobye List • Daniel Loeb and Third Point LLC • Longhill Charitable Foundation, Inc. • Adrienne and Dan Lufkin • Consuelo Mack • Marge Magner • Magnetar Capital • John Malvey • Sidney Mobell • Moody’s • Elizabeth Munson • Muriel F. Siebert Foundation • J. Edward Murphy • New York Life • New York Stock Exchange • Duncan Niederauer • Perella Weinberg Partners • Peter G. Peterson Foundation Charles Dow creates the Dow Jones Industrial Average with 12 component companies. 6    FINANCIAL HISTORY  |  Spring 2016  | www.MoAF.org JUN 1 1720 • Philip Cooper Charitable Fund • Point 72 Asset Management LP • Protiviti • The Ricketts Family • James D. Robinson III • Rossoff & Co. LLC • The Royce Funds • Judith O. and Robert E. Rubin • Dan and Sarah Rueven • R. W. Pressprich & Co. • Saber Partners • The Sage Foundation • Saybrook Capital • Helen and Charles Schwab • Verne O. Sedlacek • Karen Seitz • Shenkman Capital Management • Shine Financial Services • Walter Shipley • Paul E. Singer • SkyBridge Capital • Andrew Soussloff • Donald Stott • Susan L. Stupin • Sullivan & Cromwell LLP • Richard Sylla • TEGNA • Tiffany & Co. • Tishman Speyer • Mark Tomasko • William B. Tyree • US Bancorp • Van Eck Global • Vested • Paul Volcker • Voya Financial • Taylor Wagenseil • Wells Fargo & Company • William Penn Foundation • Anthony Yoseloff  For information about the Museum’s benefactor program, please contact Mindy S. Ross at 646-833-2755 or mross@moaf.org. One of the greatest speculative bubbles in history nears its peak, as South Sea Company stock shoots from 610 to 870 on June 1–2. Within weeks, the shares drop below 150.