A glimpse at Wall Street and its markets : descriptions of important railroad and industrial properties

Harold L Bennet

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Sujets

• Security (finance)
• Spéculation

Informations

• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 20
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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CONTENTS.
Skccrity Investments , &
Comparison with other fields 5
Securities as collateral 8
Analysis of security market 9
Classes of securities 10
UDetermining intrinsic values of Railroad and Industrial Co.'s
14Relative order and description of Bonds and Stocks
18Classification of investment>
20Speculation in Securities
20Compared with investments
possibilities 21Purpose and
Process on margin 23of a transaction
" " "and Short " trades 2«Long
of "Clearing House." 25Purpose
Influence the money market 23of
Description bank statement 26of
Sterling Exchange and bearing upon the market 27
Factors influencing fluctuations 29
Manipulation 31
Investment demand as measure of values 35
Methods of Tbading 3G
Forms of orders 37
Speculation in Produce Futures 38
Relation to theproducer 38
Centres of trading 39
Description of transaction 39
Table of fluctuations 40
Factors influencing fluctuations 40
43Manipulation
"Corners." 43
44Tradinpr options
45Speculation in Cotton
Relation to producer 45
Description of transaction 46
options and crop season 46Trading
Factors influencing fluctuations 47
Manipulation 47
Speculation in Coffee 48
Process of transaction and fluctuation table 49
Relation to importers and dealers 49
923S78Description ok Properties.
Jlissouri, KansasAmalgamated Copper 51 & Texas Ry 129
Missouri Pacific RailwayAmerican Car& Foundry 52 131
National Lead Cotton Oil 68 134 RailroadAmerican Ice 55 of Mexico 136 Locomotive 57 N. Y. Central & Hudson River Ry.l38
York, Ontario& WesternAmerican Sugar Refining 59 New Ry.l41
WesternAnaconda Copper Mining 61 Norfolk & Railway 142
Northern PacificAtch. Topeka & Santa Fe Rj' 62 145
Baltimore& Ohio Railroad 65 Securities 148
CompanyBrooklyn Rapid Transit 69 Pacific Coast 149
SteamshipCanadian Pacific Railway 71 Mail 152
Central Railroad of New Jersey .. . 73 Pennsylvania Railroad 153
Chesapeake Ohio Railway 74 People's GasLt.&Cokeof Chicago.158&
Chicago& Alton Railway 77 Pressed Steel Car 160
Great Western Railway. .. 79 Reading 162
Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. 82 Republic Iron & Steel 168Chicago, ,
Northwestern Railway. 84 Rock Island 169Chicago &
Terminal Transfer R. R. . 87 Rubber Goods Manufacturing 173 .
Iron St. Louis Southwestern Railway...175Colorado Fuel& 88
91 Seaboard Air Line 178Corn Products
Railway 92 Southern Pacific 181Colorado& Southern
Western R.R. 94 Railway 188Dela , Lackawanna&
97Delaware & Hudson ; Standard Rope& Twine 191
99 Coal, IronDenver& Rio Grande R. R Tennessee & Railroad. . .193
102Detroit Southern Railroad Texas & Pacific Railway 195
Atlantic Ry.l04 Twin Transit 197Duluth, South Shore& City Rapid
105Erie Rail oad Union Bag& Paper 199
109General Electric Pacific Railroad 200
IllHocking Valley Railway United States Leather 204
Illinois Central Railroad 113 U. S. Realty & Construction 206
International Mercantile Marine. . .116 United States Rubber 208 Paper 117 Steel Corporation. . .211
Louisville & Nashville Railroad 118 Virginia-Carolina Chemical 217
Manhattan Railway 121 Wabash Railroad 219
Metropolitan Securities 122 Western Union Telegraph 221 Street Railway 123 Wheeling& Lake Erie Railroad. ...223
Mexican Ceniral Ry. Co , Ltd 125 Central Railway 226Wisconsin
Minn., St. P. & Sault Ste. MarieRy.l27
. . 22:-)Tklegraph CodePrivate
..241Bond Investments
..244Fluctuations in Past Years—StockEstablished 1865.
Berry,Jacob H. L. Bennet,
A GLIMPSE AT WALL STREET
AND ITS MARKETS.
By H. L. bennet.
Descriptions of Important Railroad and
Industrial Properties.
. . Issued by . .
JACOB BERRY & CO.
CONSOLIDATED STOCK EXCHANGE,
Members: PRODUCE EXCHANGE,\ N. Y.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE.
Offices at FORTY-TWO BROADWAY, N. Y.
Telephones : 6110,6111,6112 Broad.
Cable Address: "Gypso," New York.
MINT ARCADE, PHILADELPHIA.
19 Congress St., Boston, Mass. 1042 Main St., Bridgeport, Conn.
Phoenix Block, Springfield, Mass. Temple Bar Bldg., Brooklyn.
847 Main St., Hartford, Conn. Albany Trust Co. Bldg., Albany.
730 Chapel St., New Haven, 86 St. Peter St., Quebec, Quebec.
Conn. 84 St. Francis Xavier, Montreal.Copyright, 190c-1904.transact a general brokerage business in all the leadingWE
markets of the country.
Commission charges are in accordance -with the rules of the
whereupon transactions are made. Our margins underExchange
ordinary conditions on the stocks usually active in the New York
are On Philadelphia stocks under similarmarket five points.
conditions margins of from points are required.five to ten
Accounts may be opened on this basis byanyof the cv^stomarj'
forms of remittance certified check, express, postal or express
;
order.
not required as margin against transactions are subjectFunds
sight draft. Such balances draw interest at four per cent.to
per annum.
We are pleased to handle marginal or investment orders for
all Fractional lot accountsstocks or bonds injots of quantities.
as large transactions.are accorded the same careful attention
for Chicago andWe deal in grain and produce futures
customarymargin on grain is centsNewYork delivery. The five
The activea bushel and commission one-sixteenth each way.
contracts in lots ofwheat futures can be handled for Chicago
pork and lard isI,coo bushels and multiples. Commission on
margin,two a^nd one-half cents each way ; one dollar
conditions.per barrel or tierce and upwards, according to market
The commission on cotton futures is one and one-half
points each way, or three points for the complete transaction.
We are pleased at all times to receive communications
regarding financial subjects of any nature.
All inquiries regarding transactions in the various markets
are carefully and fully answered and may be made by mail,
wire or personal interview at our offices.
JACOB BERRY & CO.