Author(s): HOYNE, Thomas Temple
Publisher: Economic Feature Service
Year: 1922
Language: English
Pages: 280
City: Chicago
Tags: law of averages, class legislation, co-operative movement, Dollar-backing, investor sentiment, Irving Fisher, market psychology, speculation, price and value
Speculation: Its Sound Principles and Rules for Its Practice......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Introductory Note......Page 7
Part I: Speculation and Economic Fallacies......Page 11
Quotation from R.L. Stevenson......Page 12
1. Speculative Thought......Page 13
2. The Speculative Force......Page 20
3. Speculation......Page 28
4. Confusion in Terms......Page 35
5. Professor Fisher's Mad Dollar......Page 42
6. Professor Fisher's Mad Dollar (Continued)......Page 49
7. Professor Fisher's Mad Dollar (Concluded)......Page 57
8. The Co-Operative Movement......Page 65
9. The United States Grain Growers, Inc.......Page 76
10. Class Legislation......Page 85
11. Price and Value......Page 96
12. Resume'......Page 105
Part II: Principles and Rules of Speculation......Page 121
Quotation from Tennyson......Page 122
(II)1. Speculative Markets......Page 123
(II)2. The Psychology of the Market......Page 131
(II)3. Greed and Fear......Page 142
(II)4. Rules and Principles......Page 149
(II)5. The Two Parts of Speculation......Page 159
(II)6. The Law of Averages......Page 168
(II)7. News, Gossip, Information and Tips......Page 178
(II)8. Manipulation......Page 188
(II)9. Deciding What to do......Page 198
(II)10. Acting on Decision......Page 208
(II)11. Time and Particular Markets......Page 219
(II)12. Resume'......Page 228
Conclusion......Page 244
Appendix......Page 247
Appendix A......Page 249
Appendix B......Page 253
Appendix C......Page 274
