Stock Prices: Factors In Their Rise And Fall, Illustrated With Charts - Softcover

Frederic Drew Bond

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371337445 ISBN 13: 9780371337448

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Stock Prices: Factors In Their Rise And Fall, Illustrated With Charts by Frederic Drew Bond. This study analyzes the mechanics of stock price formation in the American market in the early 20th century. Bond argues that prices are the product of the mental calculus of traders—hopes and fears—augmented by the catalytic effects of bank credit, margins, and the distribution of ownership. The book proceeds through chapters on the distribution of securities, factors of share prices, the trend of the market, the priority of stock prices, the floating supply, and the banks and the exchange, before examining manipulation, rising and falling markets, and the distribution of profit and loss. A wealth of data—bank clearings, railway earnings, margins, and ownership statistics from 1900–1910—illustrates how speculative forces interact with investment, how banks lend on stock collateral, and how pools and short selling can move quotations. Bond’s analysis foregrounds the psychology of speculation and the systemic dynamics that have shaped market cycles, making it a foundational reference in early market theory.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371337445
• ISBN 13: 9780371337448
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 142