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Loading ...FOREWORD THERE will be set down in this book, in as simple and direct a fashion as I can write it, the story of Amalgamated Copper and of the ” System ” of which it is the most flagrant example. This “System ” is a process or a device for the incubation of wealth...
LESSONS OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS – THE ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE THE PANIC AS A WORLD PHENOMENON By Frank A. Vanderlip, Vice-President National City Bank, New York. It might very properly be urged that the present is too early a date for us to draw wise conclusions from...
EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION It is no part of the purpose of this volume to teach the reader how to speculate. It is hoped, on the contrary, that the book will discourage speculation by the emphasis which it places on the importance of patience, intelligence and foresight in the art of investing. In the minds of...
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...
INTRODUCTION Every head of a corporation, every business man, in fact everyone employed in a responsible position and upon whose judgment the success of an enterprise largely depends, should provide himself with a general knowledge of the problem of investments and speculation. Investment and speculation are so closely associated with the well-being of trade...
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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...
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...
BANK, Bankers, Banking. The term bank has two distinct significations; one in reference to commerce, implying a place of deposit or store-house ; the other relating to geography and rural economy, implying an elevation of the earth, either natural or artificial; and either below or above the surface of the water, in rivers as...
Abstract In a world were trading is costless, assets with identical cash flows must have identical prices. If arbitrageurs face unit time costs, or holding costs, the prices of these assets need not be equal, i.e the assets can be relatively mispriced. This paper constructs a dynamic model of the equilibrium determination of prices...
IN examining a piece of complex and delicate mechanism, suppose it to be the highest triumph of modern genius, the chronometer with the Arnold escapement, the first thing that impresses the eye is the exquisite finish and beauty of the workmanship, and the wonderful regularity and smoothness of the movement ; while the conviction...
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