The A B C of Stock SpeculationS.A. Nelson, 1903 - 222 páginas |
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... importance . During the period from 1896 to 1902 investment and speculation in corporate securities attained an unprecedented importance , owing to the gen- eral movement to combine and incorporate industrial com- panies with a ...
... importance . During the period from 1896 to 1902 investment and speculation in corporate securities attained an unprecedented importance , owing to the gen- eral movement to combine and incorporate industrial com- panies with a ...
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... important part in the country's trade . In 1901 there were days when dealings on the Stock Exchange exceeded 3,000,000 shares and the machin- ery of speculation threatened to break down under the intensity of the strain to which it was ...
... important part in the country's trade . In 1901 there were days when dealings on the Stock Exchange exceeded 3,000,000 shares and the machin- ery of speculation threatened to break down under the intensity of the strain to which it was ...
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... importance to the classes of speculators enumerated as closely allied to the gambler . On the contrary they are in the minority . Gam- bling may at times be an unavoidable accompaniment of stock speculation , but stock speculation is so ...
... importance to the classes of speculators enumerated as closely allied to the gambler . On the contrary they are in the minority . Gam- bling may at times be an unavoidable accompaniment of stock speculation , but stock speculation is so ...
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... important part of the modern system of credit . Eliminate the stock market and transferable securities from the life of the country to - day and contemplate if good can be the result of a demand from Europe for its credit balances to be ...
... important part of the modern system of credit . Eliminate the stock market and transferable securities from the life of the country to - day and contemplate if good can be the result of a demand from Europe for its credit balances to be ...
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... importance is that the stock should be active enough to permit the execution of the stop order at the point selected so as to cut losses short . The operator , by this method , guesses which way the stock will move . If he guesses right ...
... importance is that the stock should be active enough to permit the execution of the stop order at the point selected so as to cut losses short . The operator , by this method , guesses which way the stock will move . If he guesses right ...
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active stocks advance amount arbitrage bank bankers bear market become bonds bought broker bucket shop operator bull campaign bull market buy stocks buyer capital cent chance CHAPTER close Consolidated Exchange customers deal decline dividend Dow's Theory eral Exchange member fact fall firm fluctuations follow gambler gambling goes guess hold inductive reasoner insiders investment investors judgment large operators loans lose losses short lost lots manipulation margin ment method move movement newspaper panic panics of 1873 particular stock period points pool purchase quotations rally reaction reason rise rule rumors securities sell shares of stock short selling short side small losses sold stock broker Stock Exchange stock market stock speculation stop order successful speculator swings tendency thing ticker tion tipster trade in stocks transactions Union Pacific usually Wall Street wise writer York York Stock Exchange
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Página 110 - Tis two or three, my lord, that bring you word, Macduff is fled to England. Macb. Fled to England? Len. Ay, my good lord. Macb. Time, thou anticipat'st my dread exploits : The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it. From this moment The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. And even now, To crown my thoughts with acts, be it thought and done. The castle of Macduff I will surprise ; Seize upon Fife ; give to the edge o' the sword His wife, his babes,...
Página 50 - ... that a bull market is under way and believes that this stock will go up as much as any other. These and similar reasons lead to buying. It is obvious that in all but one of these cases the buyer does not profess to know anything definitely about the stock he buys. He acts on the suggestions or advice of others. Points are good when they are good, and under some conditions can very wisely be followed. There is nothing better in trading than to know that a great operator or a great syndicate intends...
Página 43 - Another method is what is called the theory of double tops. Records of trading show that in many cases when a stock reaches top it will have a moderate decline and then go back again to near the highest figures. If after such a move, the price again recedes, it is liable to decline some distance.
Página 36 - The market is always to be considered as having three movements, all going on at the same time. The first is the narrow movement from day to day. The second is the short swing, running from two weeks to a month or more; the third is the main movement, covering at least four years in its duration.
Página 42 - ... Prices are set down, giving each change of one point as it occurs, forming thereby lines having a general horizontal direction but running into diagonals as the market moves up and down. There come times when a stock with a good degree of activity will stay within a narrow range of prices, say two points, until there has formed quite a long horizontal line of these figures. The formation of such a line sometimes suggests that stock has been accumulated or distributed, and this leads other people...
Página 89 - Judging by the past and by the developments of the last six years, it is not unreasonable to suppose that we may get at least a stock exchange flurry in the next few years.
Página 14 - ... to sell their commodities with reputation by means of Brokers than we do; for that which seems to be gotten thereby is more than double lost another way. Besides, that by that course many differences are prevented which arise between man and man in, their bargains or verbal contracts; for the testimony of a sworn Broker and his book together is sufficient to end the same.
Página 45 - As a whole, it represents a serious, well considered effort on the part of far-sighted and well-informed men to adjust prices to such values as exist or which are expected to exist in the not too remote future.
Página 57 - Everybody knows j this in its application to his private business, but the man who is prudent and careful in carrying on a store, a factory or a real estate business, seems to think that totally different methods should be employed in dealing in stocks. Nothing is further from the truth.
Página 40 - September. It may be said that such a swing always outruns values. In its final stage it is discounting possibilities only. A Useful Definition In the same editorial Dow goes on to give a useful definition from which legitimate inferences may drawn. He says: "It is a bull period as long as the average of one high point exceeds that of previous high points. It is a bear period when the low point becomes lower than the previous low points. It is often difficult to judge whether the end of an advance...