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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How to speculate in mines : being an exposition of the principles of investment and speculation, with descriptions of mine-developments and principal gold fields and a glossary of mining terms INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR IN undertaking the task to instruct the ordinary capitalist how to speculate in mining shares, I am well aware that it...
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ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF AMERICAN COMMERCE CONSISTING OF ONE HUNDRED ORIGINAL ARTICLES ON COMMERCIAL TOPICS DESCRIBING THE PRACTICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF TRADE IN THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE PAST CENTURY AND SHOWING THE PRESENT MAGNITUDE OF OUR FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONS WITH A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE IMPORTANT EVENTS OF AMERICAN...
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ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF AMERICAN COMMERCE CONSISTING OF ONE HUNDRED ORIGINAL ARTICLES ON COMMERCIAL TOPICS DESCRIBING THE PRACTICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF TRADE IN THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE PAST CENTURY AND SHOWING THE PRESENT MAGNITUDE OF OUR FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONS WITH A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE IMPORTANT EVENTS OF AMERICAN...
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CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE EARLY YEARS CHAPTER II – THE BEGINNING OF A CAREER CHAPTER III – THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS CHAPTER IV – “THE THEORY OF MORAL SENTIMENTS” CHAPTER V – IN THE GLASGOW CHAIR THE LECTURES ON JUSTICE AND POLICE CHAPTER VI – GLASGOW AND ITS UNIVERSITY CHAPTER VII – THE TOUR IN FRANCE CHAPTER VIII – POLITICS AND STUDY, 1766-76 CHAPTER IX...
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COTTON FUTURES The business of buying and selling Cotton for Future Delivery as conducted on the NewYork, New Orleans and Liverpool Cotton Exchanges and its advantages to Merchants, Manufacturers, Bankers, and Farmers. BY ALFRED B. SHEPPERSON Please Activate the Full Screen Mode for Better Viewing Pleasure (2nd button from the left). LINK http://bikibook.com/books/cotton-futures/ EMBED
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PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK FUTURE UPS AND DOWNS IN PRICES – WHAT YEARS TO MAKE MONEY ON PIG IRON, HOGS, CORN, AND PROVISIONS There is a time in the price of certain products and commodities;  Which, if taken by men at the advance leads on to fortune; And if taken at the decline,...
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PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK Having had, for some years, considerable experience in the management of the business of British Mines, and having devoted much attention to mining in this country, I have often been astonished at the mistaken opinions and the want of information, which prevail on the subject. There are a...
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FOREWORD. IT is a well-known fact that, while the public occasionally gains, and frequently loses, over its investments, the few big financial houses of the world, conveniently covered by the designation of la haute finance, consistently make large profits. The explanation of this indisputable fact is not to be found in the possession of large resources,...
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INTRODUCTION NOTE BY THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK COMPRISING A CONDENSATION OF THE THEORY OF PANICS, BY M. JUGLAR, RENDERED INTO ENGLISH, WITH CERTAIN ADDITIONAL MATERIAL, BY DECOURCY W. THOM. In this translation, made with the author’s consent, my chief object being to convey his entire meaning, I have unhesitatingly rendered the French very freely sometimes,...
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