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Excerpt from Duncan on Investment and Speculation in Stocks and Shares We Show the principles upon which a capitalist, large or small, can obtain the highest return for his money, and point out the comparative risks he runs in investments of various qualities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Speculation on the Stock and Produce Exchanges of the United States The sixth chapter of this essay attempts to consider the evils of speculation, so far as to describe their nature and to point out what forms are of chief importance. There are many points which are passed over with the most meagre reference. So important a question, for example, as the relation of speculation to crises is little considered; but it is believed that enough has been said to show that the ad vantages of speculation presented are not the advantages merely of an idealized Speculation, but are genuine and practical advantages of speculation to-day, however much off-set by corresponding evils. Some books are devoted purely to the harmful influence of speculation, ' some more exclusively to its benefits. Neither the one nor the other can make any claim to furnishing a ground of ultimate judgment on the; system as a whole. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Stock Speculation As a membership IS worth $5, 000 and upwards, the cost varying at different times, independent of its value to the broker as a means of carrying on his business, the inducement to preserve it is a strong one. But, besides this, the members are not often men of such character as to cheat those who deal with them. They feel a certain pride in the strict principles on which the business of the street is carried on, and desire to keep up the reputation of the Board. False reports, sensational rumors, forged telegrams and letters, and such other illegitimate means as are sometimes used to produce mo mentary changes in the market, do not originate with the brokers of the Exchange, but with outside parties, who hang about endeavoring to make an occasional profit by these expedients. It was among members of the Board that the law to punish the circulation of false news, enacted by the last Legislature, was planned, and it was passed through their influence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.