The subject of this work has presented difficulties of a complicated character, from the various phases under which the peculiar defects of individual societies appear. The task has, however, been lightened by the rejection, that, although it cannot be expected that this effort, to place them upon a more rational and secure footing, will...
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The enormous and increasing values and profits represented by American business corporations have attracted general attention to corporate activities. The problem of corporation regulation is perhaps the leading issue of the day. Each of the leading political parties is committed to programs of corporation control, particularly in the field of public-service corporations. Many laws...
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PREFACE Excellent books on the best methods of bank book-keeping already exist, also other books on the theories and history of money and banking. In a well-organized course on banking this book should fill an intermediate place between those described; it is the pioneer of its kind. It is designed especially for three classes of...
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A successful banker is composed of about one-fifth accountant, two-fifths lawyer, three-fifths political economist, and four-fifths gentleman and scholar — total ten-fifths — double size. Any smaller person may be a pawnbroker or a promoter, but not a banker. — George E. Allen. LINK http://bikibook.com/books/banking-for-beginners/ EMBED
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ESSAY ON BANKING BANKS are by far the most important of all our commercial establishments. They are the fountains of our currency, the depositories of our capital, and at once the wheels and pillars of our trade. Business to any great extent could not be carried on without them. All who have cash transactions...
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A London financial expert soon after the passage of the Federal Reserve Act wrote these significant words :
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PREFACE This book has been put together from talks given to the writer’s salesmen. The aim has been to discuss clearly and simply the leading classes of investment bonds. In trying to carry out this aim, the writer has confined himself mostly to a discussion of the factors entering into the intrinsic value of...
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PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR The present edition of this work covers 1 00 years of the History of the Boston Stock and Money Markets ; naturally sparse of material in the earlier dates, but the record is complete ; and it will be noted (see page 9, and tables pages 94-183) that there were actual...
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