By John Tamny and Rob Arnott for FT Online
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 12.5 per cent on October 29, 1929. Many commentators at the time and later suggested that stocks had simply become overvalued; the subsequent crash a return to normalcy after an overdone equity rally.
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