The Work of Wall Street (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Pratt, Sereno S.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330276027 ISBN 13 : 9781330276020

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Peek inside the broker’s office to see how orders, margins, and trust built early Wall Street.

This nonfiction look at the origins of modern trading uses vivid scenes from the broker’s desk to show how ordinary transactions shaped a great market. It explains the mechanics of opening an account, placing orders, and the role of margins and hypothecation in daily life on the Street. Readers will encounter the people, practices, and pressures that turned quick decisions into lasting market norms.

• How a typical order moves from a customer to the trading floor and back as a completed transaction
• The rules and risks of margins, and how brokers manage credit and collateral
• The human side of trading, from trust and introductions to the dynamics between customers and brokers
• The evolution of early market institutions and their influence on today’s markets

Ideal for readers interested in the history of finance, market mechanics, and the daily life behind Wall Street’s famed moves.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330276027
• ISBN 13: 9781330276020
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 476
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