At Valley Forge, Lafayette basked in his elevation to the post of commander of a division of troops. Lafayette freely spent his own money to buy uniforms and muskets for his men and lived among them during the coldest part of the winter.
I believe the answer is: The flurry of investing artificially raised the price of stocks
The value of stock in speculative investing would be depended on the amount of people who buy the stocks rather than the company's performance in the market. This would give the impression that a price for a stock is higher than it supposed to be and weaken the stability in the stock market.
The thinker is <span>Galileo Galilei
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