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Lectures on Commerce

May 22, 2010

PREFACE Higher commercial education has evidently gained a place in American universities from which it may never be displaced; yet he would indeed be a daring champion of the new curriculum who showed any confidence in prophesying just how the present tendency will finally crystallize, or just what its advantages will prove to be....

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International trade and exchange – a study of the mechanism and advantages of commerce

May 22, 2010

PREFACE IN this book I have aimed to cover the theory of international and intranational trade, with due consideration of the exchange mechanism of such trade, and with some reference to the effects of government interferences with trade. The larger emphasis, as the title of the book suggests, is on international trade ; but...

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International exchange, its terms, parts, operations and scope

May 22, 2010

PREFACE THE paucity of text-books on INTERNATIONAL Exchange, combined with their urgent need to meet the constantly increasing American international trade relations, has given rise to a desire to place before the public a volume containing general practical information upon Foreign Exchange; and at the outset it would seem after examination that the adjective....

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International Exchange

May 22, 2010

International exchanges have an unusual interest at the present time, and there is much confusion of thought in regard to the influences which fix exchange rates. They are in a highly sensitive state and like a person with shattered nerves react somewhat violently to changes in external conditions. This obscures to the onlooker the...

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The Business Man and His Bank by William Henry Kniffin

April 19, 2010

PREFACE The man who stands before the counter screen of a bank looks at a piece of complicated yet smooth working machinery that is to him a deep mystery. He admires but does not understand it. He knows that the receiving teller takes his deposit and the paying teller cashes his check. When he...

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Mathematics of Finance

March 24, 2010

PREFACE It is the main purpose of this book to present a teachable elementary course in the application of mathematics to a broad class of financial problems. The material for the book has been obtained from many sources and tested in the teaching of such courses at three large universities. Experience has shown that...

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Mathematics of Accounting and Finance by Seymour Walton

March 24, 2010

PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR This book has been prepared as a manual of business calculation, for use in connection with the problems which continually arise in the course of business as conducted today. In deciding what subjects to include the authors have been guided throughout by the desire to make the book directly useful...

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Lectures On The History And Principles Of Ancient Commerce by William Gilbart

March 22, 2010

PREFACE by the Author These Lectures were delivered at Waterford, in the beginning of the year 1833. At that time I held the office of Manager of the Waterford branch of the Provincial Bank of Ireland. When residing in London I had assisted at the formation of the City of London Literary and Scientific...

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How to Finance a Business – Where and How to Get Funds

March 22, 2010

WHERE TO GO FOR MONEY

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Loans and Investments by Sprague and Kemmerer

March 22, 2010

BANKS are commonly thought of as being chiefly engaged in the business of lending money, but as a matter of fact money loans make up a small part of their business. The investments of savings banks are indeed limited to the funds which they have received from depositors, together with such amounts as have...

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Does It Pay to Borrow?

March 17, 2010

This pamphlet is one of a series made available by the War Department under the series title GI Roundtable. As the general title indicates, GI Roundtable pamphlets provide material which information-education officers may use in conducting group discussions or forums as part of an off-duty education program. The content of this pamphlet has been...

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Calculating the Present Value of Riskless Cash Flows by Richard S. Ruback

March 15, 2010

Abstract This paper uses arbitrage arguments to show that the present value of riskless cash flows is determined by discounting them at the after-tax discount rate. Present value formulas are derived for riskless cash flows in three cases: (i) uniform interest and tax rates; (ii) certain, but not uniform interest and tax rates; and...

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Commercial and Banking Law by By Samuel Williston, LL.D.

March 15, 2010

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A Simple Theory of Financial Ratios as Predictors of Failure by Jarrod W. Wilcox

March 15, 2010

ABSTRACT This paper presents a simple, intuitive theory of business risk. The results are used to explain empirical observations of Beaver on the power of various financial ratios to predict failure of firms, and to hypothesize improved predictive ratios for use in selecting attractive risk situations and in determining appropriate risk premiums. LINK http://bikibook.com/books/a-simple-theory-of-financial-ratios-as-predictors-of-failure/...

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An Empirical Analysis of the Interfirm Equity Investment Process by Wayne H. Mikkelson

March 15, 2010

ABSTRACT This paper measures the effects on stock prices of corporate Investments In 5% or more of another company’s equity securities. Such investments Initiate a process that may end with a takeover, targeted repurchase, takeover by a third party, or sale of the shares. The total valuation effect of the investment for acquiring and...

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FOREWORD The New York Stock Exchange can The be said to have been begun 125 years. Beginning ago 100 years of which it has...

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