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Author : Collin Armstrong
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The Relation Between Speculation and Gambling written by Collin Armstrong and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stuart Banner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190623047
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)
Download or read book Speculation written by Stuart Banner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the difference between a gambler and a speculator? Is there a readily identifiable line separating the two? If so, is it possible for us to discourage the former while encouraging the latter? These difficult questions cut across the entirety of American economic history, and the periodic failures by regulators to differentiate between irresponsible gambling and clear-headed investing have often been the proximate causes of catastrophic economic downturns. Most recently, the blurring of speculation and gambling in U.S. real estate markets fueled the 2008 global financial crisis, but it is one in a long line of similar economic disasters going back to the nation's founding. In Speculation, author Stuart Banner provides a sweeping and story-rich history of how the murky lines separating investment, speculation, and outright gambling have shaped America from the 1790s to the present. Regulators and courts always struggled to draw a line between investment and gambling, and it is no easier now than it was two centuries ago. Advocates for risky investments have long argued that risk-taking is what defines America. Critics counter that unregulated speculation results in bubbles that always draw in the least informed investors-gamblers, essentially. Financial chaos is the result. The debate has been a perennial feature of American history, with the pattern repeating before and after every financial downturn since the 1790s. The Panic of 1837, the speculative boom of the roaring twenties, and the real estate bubble of the early 2000s are all emblematic of the difficulty in differentiating sober from reckless speculation. Even after the recent financial crisis, the debate continues. Some, chastened by the crash, argue that we need to prohibit certain risky transactions, but others respond by citing the benefits of loosely governed markets and the dangers of over-regulation. These episodes have generated deep ambivalence, yet Americans' faith in investment and - by extension - the stock market has always rebounded quickly after even the most savage downturns. Indeed, the speculator on the make is a central figure in the folklore of American capitalism. Engaging and accessible, Speculation synthesizes a suite of themes that sit at the heart of American history - the ability of courts and regulators to protect ordinary Americans from the ravages of capitalism; the periodic fallibility of the American economy; and - not least - the moral conundrum inherent in valuing those who produce goods over those who speculate, and yet enjoying the fruits of speculation. Banner's history is not only invaluable for understanding the fault lines beneath the American economy today, but American identity itself.
Author : Reuven Brenner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521381802
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (818 download)
Download or read book Gambling and Speculation written by Reuven Brenner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1990-03-30 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gambling and Speculation takes the long, historic perspective of its controversial subject. The book offers not only a better understanding of the recent "gambling craze," but also a fundamental inquiry into human nature and the structure of societies. The Brenners argue that the negative image of gamblers and of speculators stems from prejudice, whose roots are in the distant, forgotten past. Legal scholars have frequently confused gambling with speculation and the anti-gambling laws were, at times, erroneously interpreted as implying the prohibitions of contracts in futures and insurance markets. One consequence of all this confusion was that during this century both in the United States and England, the legislation and law on betting and gambling became ambiguous. The authors touch on this issue and make policy recommendations: to abolish restrictions on the industry, diminish the states' role in selling lotteries, and, at the same time, make legal distinctions capable of helping the tiny percentage of players who might be "addicted." The Brenners' recommendations on gambling are based on their conclusion that gamblers are neither "mentally ill" nor "criminals" and that gambling does not lead its practitioners to poverty. Rather, it is the other way around: some of the poor and the frustrated gamble. Looking at gambling in this way leads to questions about the nature of society: What do the fortunate do for those who are not? What is society's obligation to people who fall behind in the game of life? Answers to these questions require a discussion on the principles of equality, capitalism, the role of religious influence on society, topics that the Brenners have discussed in their previous studies, and they do so here too, putting gambling within its proper, historical context.
Author : Thomas Henry Dewey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Legislation Against Speculation and Gambling in the Forms of Trade written by Thomas Henry Dewey and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jose D. Roncal
Publisher : Wheatmark, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1604941995
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (49 download)
Download or read book The Big Gamble written by Jose D. Roncal and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors discuss how economic bubbles form, and explain how to avoid the next one or wisely capitalize on it in plain English, without jargon or blue-sky economic theory.
Author : James Conrey McMath
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Speculation and Gambling in Options, Futures and Stocks in Illinois written by James Conrey McMath and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Hamilton Howe
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267103348
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (33 download)
Download or read book The Dragon and Juggernaut of Speculation as Exemplified in Gambling in Prices of Our Food Products written by James Hamilton Howe and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Dragon and Juggernaut of Speculation as Exemplified in Gambling in Prices of Our Food Products: Written Especially for the Education and Protection of Our Young Men and Women, About to Enter the Business or Professional World; And a Warning to Our Produce Growers and Provisions Packers Intermittently, for over thirty years, these studies have been going on; and having learned something that will be of great benefit to my brother and sister, it now becomes my duty to present it to them, and in the following pages will. Be found a summary which is given with the hope that the information contained will serve as a protection for our young men, and young women as well, about to enter actively into a busi ness or professional life. A set of lectures which were first arranged, were the outcome of a natural inquisitiveness which later developed into a serious study of a gross evil. This book was written at the suggestion of an experienced broker, with whom I had associated for several years; who proved himself an honest one; and who gave up a lucrative position in a broker age oflice, although a family were dependent upon him, because he saw that his employer was carrying on questionable transactions. Neither was he one who, when you gave an order at a certain price, which he was able to fill at a quarter or three-eighths better, pocketed the differ ence, as has been done thousands of times. It is considered one of the perquisites of the This endeavor to enlighten our people, is not a Propaganda Built Upon Prejudice but a denouncement of wrongs long endured. Of course, there are many ways that a person can Speculate' and gamble. In lands, mines, oil wells, and business of all kinds. Craps, Bridge - whist, Faro, etc but the men who engage in these risky under takings should consider their families before embarking. So many mistakes are made. So many homes are placed at the mercy of the loan man; and the wife and mother placed in a state of mind bordering frenzy. 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.
Author : Philip L. Carret
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786256746
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)
Download or read book The Art Of Speculation written by Philip L. Carret and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philip L. Carret (1896-1998) was a famed investor and founder of The Pioneer Fund (Fidelity Mutual Trust), one of the first Mutual Funds in the United States. A former Barron’s reporter and WWI aviator, Carret launched the Mutual Trust in 1928 after managing money for his friends and family. The initial effort evolved into Pioneer Investments. He ran the fund for 55 years, during which an investment of $10,000 became $8 million. Warren Buffett said of him that he had “the best long term investment record of anyone I know” He is most famous for the long successful track record he achieved investing in Common Stocks and for being one of Warren Buffett’s role models. This book comprises a series of articles written for Barron’s and published in book form in 1930.—Print Ed.
Author : James Howe
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781717353047
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)
Download or read book The Dragon and Juggernaut of Speculation written by James Howe and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-04-23 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Written especially for the education and protection of our young men and women about to enter the business or professional world; and a warning to our produce growers and provision packers; tricks of the manipulator exposed; how speculators are also buncoed and fleeced." * * * * From the AUTHOR'S PREFACE Request -- I ask my readers to thoroughly absorb the Preface before reading the following Chapters. This as an integral part and necessary, in order to fully appreciate the salient points of the main body of the book. Some thirty-five years ago, I was led, somewhat by my own cupidity, to invest in what! I supposed would render a good profit. The sequel was as follows. There was no profit rendered, and the principal, disappeared like "Ships that pass in the night." With a strong suspicion that there was a "Negro in the woodpile," and believing that we had been buncoed; with my post graduate university study and tutoring work, I casually took up the study of speculation, that of the most rabid nature, more as a hobby than anything else; endeavoring to ascertain where my money went, how it reached its destination and who received it. Intermittently, for over thirty years, these studies have been going on; and having learned something that will be of great benefit to my brother and sister, it now becomes my duty to present it to them, and in the following pages will be found a summary which is given with the hope that the information contained will serve as a protection for our young men, and young women as well, about to enter actively into a business or professional life....
Author : Urs Stäheli
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804788251
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Spectacular Speculation written by Urs Stäheli and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spectacular Speculation is a history and sociological analysis of the semantics of speculation from 1870 to 1930, when speculation began to assume enormous importance in popular culture. Informed by the work of Luhmann, Foucault, Simmel and Deleuze, it looks at how speculation was translated into popular knowledge and charts the discursive struggles of making speculation a legitimate economic practice. Noting that the vocabulary available to discuss the concept was not properly economic, the book reveals the underside of putting it into words. Speculation's success depended upon non-economic language and morally questionable thrills: a proximity to the wasteful practice of gambling or other "degenerate" behaviors, the experience of financial markets as seductive, or out of control. American discourses of speculation take center stage, and the book covers an unusual range of material, including stock exchange guidebooks, ticker tape, moral treatises, plays, advertisements, and newspapers.
Author : Ernest David MacDougall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Speculation and Gambling written by Ernest David MacDougall and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Henry Dewey
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230231778
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (317 download)
Download or read book Legislation Against Speculation and Gambling in the Forms of Trade; Including Futures, Options, and Short Sales, written by Thomas Henry Dewey and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... ulator, whether he be a member of an exchange or a customer of a member, rarely ever intends actually to make or receive delivery; not because the obligation to do so does not exist, but because he knows how to avoid actual delivery by doing things which are theoretically equivalent to it. As between the member of an exchange and his customer, they settle by payment of the differences between the prices of purchases and sales; and, as between the buyer and seller on the exchange, whether one or both are dealing for themselves or for a customer, they expect to, and in fact do, settle with each other the great majority of the contracts made by payment of differences in prices by means of "direct settlements," "ring settlements" or "clearing house settlements." We cannot now discuss these methods of doing business; but they are, as between the parties to them, perfectly legal, and are so well known as a means of avoiding actual delivery that no experienced speculator could truthfully say, except in rare cases, that he intended to make actual delivery, and so in Missouri he must go to jail. The statute, if enforced, would eliminate bucket-shops and would also prevent almost all future delivery speculative business on every exchange and board of trade in the state. New York Statute Against Short Sales By Officers Of Corporations.--"An officer or director of a stock corporation who sells, or agrees to sell, or is directly or indirectly interested in the sale of any share of stock of such corporation, or in any agreement to sell the same, unless at the time of such sale or agreement he is an actual owner of such share, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not less than six months, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand...
Author : H. S. Martin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The New York Stock Exchange written by H. S. Martin and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Gibson
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781507878460
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (784 download)
Download or read book The Pitfalls of Speculation written by Thomas Gibson and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-02-06 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an early 20th century work on Wall Street and the stock market, particularly speculation. From the intro: "The public attitude toward speculation is generally hostile. Even those who venture frequently are prone to speak discouragingly of speculative possibilities, and to point warningly to the fact that an overwhelming majority of speculative commitments result in loss, while those who venture not at all, and consequently are incompetent to judge, dismiss the subject with the statement that marginal trading is gambling, pure and simple, and is therefore pernicious. Those who enter into the subject a little farther, and attempt to adduce more specific argument against speculative possibilities, lay stress upon the statement that manipulation, trickery and wholesale deception render it impossible for the outsider to enter the field safely or intelligently. These statements, usually unsupported, and frequently insupportable, are accepted by the prejudiced multitude as gospel truth, without any attempt being made to examine their foundation or correctness. So far as the question of gambling is concerned, it would be entering a very large field to attempt to define just what is and what is not gambling. The idea that the man who buys a certain stock outright invests, while he who buys on margin gambles, is a popular fallacy. The speculator purchases in the hope of an advance, and if two purchases are made for parallel reasons, one for cash, and one on margins, both purchases are speculative. That speculative fluctuations are largely used as a basis for gambling operations, is unquestionably true, and possibly an acceptable dividing line may be drawn on the following hypothesis: gambling, in the general acceptance of the term, is founded upon blind chance, the equal possibility of certain events occurring or not occurring; this is modified in some cases by the exercise of superior skill in such games as admit of skill; but fundamentally, gambling is wholly dependent upon the equal chances of two or more opposed individuals."
Author : Thomas Henry Dewey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1122 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (958 download)
Download or read book Legislation Against Speculation and Gambling in the Forms of Trade, Including ""futures, "" ""options"" and ""short Sales, "" written by Thomas Henry Dewey and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 1122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dickson G. Watts
Publisher : Metaphrastus Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Speculation As a Fine Art and Thoughts On Life written by Dickson G. Watts and published by Metaphrastus Books. This book was released on 2015-02-19 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timeless investing classic from 1880. Dickson G. Watts shares his thoughts about the art of speculation, and life in general. "All business is more or less speculation." (…) "Our effort will be to set for the great underlying principles of the 'art' in the application of which must depend on circumstance, the time and the man." This concise book is a small gem for all investors.
Author : H. S. Martin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (965 download)
Download or read book The New York Stock Exchange written by H. S. Martin and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
