Abuses Of Speculation The Bucket
Abuses Of Speculation.-the Bucket Shop Speculative Refinements Lead To Abuses.—the Perfection And Refinement Of The Machinery Of Ex Change Must Have Been Impressed Upon All Who Have Read The Previous Chapters Of This Book. It Has Indeed Reached A High Pitch Of Achievement. By Means Of It Vast Operations Are ...
Benefits And Evils Of
Benefits And Evils Of Speculation 1. Investment, Speculation And Gambling.—it Is The Purpose Of This Chapter To Clear Up As Far As A Most Difficult Subject Permits, The Controversy As To Whether Speculation Is A Good Or Bad Institution And Whether, If Possible, It Should Be Abolished. But Be Fore ...
Floor Of The New
Floor Of The New York Stock Exchange The Present Building Of The New York Stock Ex Change Is A Large And Ornate Structure, Running Thru From Broad To New Street. Only The First Floor Is Used For Trading; It Is, However, An Immense Inclosure, With Ample Space For The Transaction ...
Influences That Govern Stock
Influences That Govern Stock Prices 1. How Far Is Speculation Scientific?—the Future Is Always Uncertain, But In So Far As Future Movement Of Stock Market Prices Can Be Foreseen, Speculation Is Scientific. No System Has Ever Been Devised To Fore Tell All Fluctuations In Prices, And The Fate Of The ...
Listing Securities On The
Listing Securities On The Stock Exchange 1. What Listing Means.—before We Discuss The Fur Ther Operations And Trading Methods On The Stock Ex Changes, It Is Desirable To Explain In Some Detail The Admission Or "listing" Of The Securities On The "board," Which Is The Wall Street Niclulame For The ...
Margins 1
Margins 1. Two Classes Of Security Buyers.—very Little Of The Complicated Machinery Of Wall Street Which Is So Difficult For The Layman To Understand, Would Exist At All If Every Patron Of The Stock Exchange Paid For Se Curities Entirely With His Own Money. The Numer Ous Technical Terms Which ...
Other American Stock Exchanges
Other American Stock Exchanges 1. Consolidated Stock Exchange Of New York.— One Must Be Careful Not To Confuse The Consolidated Stock Exchange Of New York With The New York Stock Exchange, Altho Both Deal, For The Most Part, In The Same Securities. The Consolidated Exchange Carries On Small Operations In ...
Relation Of Banks To
Relation Of Banks To The Security Market 1. Amount Of Loans To Brokers.—the Fact That A Large Part Of All Dealings In Stocks Is Carried On With Borrowed Money, Or On Margin, Raises The Interest Ing Question: Where Does This Money Come From? In Brief, The Brokers, Who In The ...
Speculation 1
Speculation 1. Why Exchanges Exist—any Two Persons May Strike A Bargain. One Buys And The Other Sells. There Is A Meeting Of The Minds, A Contract Is Effected, A Sale Or Transaction Made. Two Savages Meet In The Jungle And Instead Of Killing One Another They Ex Change Cocoanuts And ...
Speculative Feats And Excesses Corners
Speculative Feats And Excesses-corners 1. Corners Defined.—a Corner Has Already Been De Fined As The Situation That Exists When Shorts Cannot Borrow Stocks. Technically And Strictly Speaking, The Definition Is Correct, But It Is Not Comprehensive. A Corner Is A Control Or Monopoly Of A Commodity Or Security, Which Has ...
Statement Of Physical Properties
Statement Of Physical Properties Of The Owens Machine Company. Acres Sq. Ft. Of Approximate Of Land Factory Annual Location Occu- Floor Capacity Of Plant Pied Space Bottles Character Of Buildings The Number Of Employees At The Several Plants Of The Owens Bottle-machine Company Is Approximately 700. The American Bottle Company ...
The Chicago Board Of
The Chicago Board Of Trade 1. Why Chicago Has The Largest Market.—chicago Is The World's Foremost Clearing House For Grain, And The Largest Shipping Point For Wheat. Not Only. Does The Grain Business Form A Large Portion Of Its Commer Cial Activities, But Chicago's Enormous Trade In Many Products Which ...
The Continental Bourses 1
The Continental Bourses 1. How They Differ From American, Exchanges.— The Paris Bourse Has Long Been By Far The Most Im Portant Of The Continental Stock Markets, And Is The Second Most Important International Stock Market In The World, With Total Listed Securities Equalling Those Of New York. The Bourse ...
The Curb Market 1
The Curb Market 1. Physical Characteristics.—one Of The Most Pic Turesque And Instructive Sights For A Visitor To The Metropolis Is The New York Curb Market. There Is Also A Curb Market In Exchange Place, Boston, Which Does A Large Business, But It Is Not Of Such Na Tional Importance ...
The London Stock Exchange
The London Stock Exchange 1. Importance Of The London Stock Exchange.— As With So Many Other Institutions, A Thoro Lmowledge Of The American Stock Exchanges Depends Upon Having A Clear Idea Of How The Same Organizations Operate In England And Upon The Continent. Americans Have Just Reason To Be Proud ...
The New York Cotton
The New York Cotton Exchange 1 1. Importance Of Cotton.—cotton Is Today One Of The Most Valuable Of The World's Crops As Well As The Most Diversely Used. In Normal Times The World Con Sumes Each Year Nearly Eight Pounds Of Cotton Per Capita. In The United States The Consumption ...
The New York Stock
The New York Stock Exchange 1. Membership.—the New York Stock Exchange Is A Very Exclusive Organization — In Reality, A Club. Membership Is Limited To 1,100, And Has Been Full For Many Years. The Cost Of A Membership Varies With The Supply And The Demand. The Supply Consists Of The ...
The Produce Exchanges 1
The Produce Exchanges 1. Importance Of The Exchanges And Of Their Spec Ulative Activity.—in One Respect The Commodity Ex Changes, Or As We Shall Hereafter Call Them, The Pro Duce Exchanges Are More Important Than The Mar Kets Where Securities Are Traded In. Wheat, Corn, Oats, Flour, Lard And Other ...
The Ways Of Wall
The Ways Of Wall Street 1. Four Methods Of Trading.—as Far As The Stock Exchange Is Concerned, There Are Four Ways In Which "bids And Offers"—that Is, Buying And Selling—may Be Conducted. These Methods Are (1) Cash, (2) Reg Ular Way, (3) At Three Days, (4) Buyers' And Sellers' Option. ...
Use Of Information On
Use Of Information On The Exchanges 1. Value Of News.—wall Street Is The World's Big Gest Cash Market For News. The Quickest And Most Ac Curate News Is Absolutely Essential To This Vast Money Whirlpool Where Men Speculate In Stocks, Grain, Cot Ton And Other Commodities. Even The Uninitiated Have ...