Investing in U. S. Financial History
Author | : Mark J. Higgins |
Publisher | : Greenleaf Book Group Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-02-27 |
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Author | : Mark J. Higgins |
Publisher | : Greenleaf Book Group Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-02-27 |
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Author | : Jerry W. Markham |
Publisher | : M.E. Sharpe |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780765607300 |
The first comprehensive financial history of the United States in more than thirty years. Accessible to undergraduate level readers, it focuses on the growth and expansion of banking, securities, and insurance from the colonial period right up to the incredible growth of the stock market during the 1990s and the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001. The author traces the origins of American finance to the older societies of Europe and Northern Africa, and shows how English merchants transferred their financial systems to America. He explains how financial matters dominated the founding and development of the colonies, and how financial concerns incited the Revolution. And he shows how the Civil War began the transformation of America from a small economy largely dependent on foreign capital into a complex capitalist society. From the Civil War, the nation's financial history breaks down into periods of frenzied speculation, quiet growth, periodic panics, and furious periods of expansion, right up through the incredible growth of the stock market during the 1990s.
Author | : Paul Studenski |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 2011-10-01 |
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ISBN | : 9781258105945 |
Author | : David Chambers |
Publisher | : CFA Institute Research Foundation |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1944960163 |
Since the 2008 financial crisis, a resurgence of interest in economic and financial history has occurred among investment professionals. This book discusses some of the lessons drawn from the past that may help practitioners when thinking about their portfolios. The book’s editors, David Chambers and Elroy Dimson, are the academic leaders of the Newton Centre for Endowment Asset Management at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
Author | : Norton Reamer |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 623 |
Release | : 2016-02-19 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 023154085X |
Investing—the commitment of resources to achieve a return—affects individuals, families, companies, and nations, and has done so throughout history. Yet until the sixteenth century, investing was a privilege of only the elite classes. The story behind the democratization of investing is bound up with some of history's most epic events. It is also a tale rich with lessons for professional and everyday investors who hope to make wiser choices. This entertaining history doubles as a sophisticated account of the opportunities and challenges facing the modern investor. It follows the rise of funded retirement; the evolution of investment vehicles and techniques; investment misdeeds and regulatory reform; government economic policy; the development of investment theory; and the emergence of new investment structures. Norton Reamer and Jesse Downing map these trends and profile the battle between low cost index and exchange-traded funds, on the one hand, and the higher-fee hedge funds and private equity, on the other. By helping us understand this history and its legacy of risk, Reamer and Downing hope to better educate readers about the individual and societal impact of investing and ultimately level the playing field.
Author | : Lodewijk Petram |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2014-05-27 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0231537328 |
This account of the sophisticated financial hub that was 17th-century Amsterdam “does a fine job of bringing history to life” (Library Journal). The launch of the Dutch East India Company in 1602 initiated Amsterdam’s transformation from a regional market town into a dominant financial center. The Company introduced easily transferable shares, and within days buyers had begun to trade them. Soon the public was engaging in a variety of complex transactions, including forwards, futures, options, and bear raids, and by 1680 the techniques deployed in the Amsterdam market were as sophisticated as any we practice today. Lodewijk Petram’s award-winning history demystifies financial instruments by linking today’s products to yesterday’s innovations, tying the market’s operation to the behavior of individuals and the workings of the world around them. Traveling back in time, Petram visits the harbor and other places where merchants met to strike deals. He bears witness to the goings-on at a notary’s office and sits in on the consequential proceedings of a courtroom. He describes in detail the main players, investors, shady characters, speculators, and domestic servants and other ordinary folk, who all played a role in the development of the market and its crises. His history clarifies concerns that investors still struggle with today—such as fraud, the value of information, trust and the place of honor, managing diverging expectations, and balancing risk—and does so in a way that is vivid, relatable, and critical to understanding our contemporary world.
Author | : Paul Studenski |
Publisher | : Beard Books |
Total Pages | : 548 |
Release | : 2003-04 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781587981753 |
An examination of how political issues influence public finance.
Author | : David Chambers |
Publisher | : Cfa Institute Research Foundation |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Financial engineering |
ISBN | : 9781944960131 |
Author | : Davis Rich Dewey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 636 |
Release | : 1918 |
Genre | : Finance |
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Author | : Burton G. Malkiel |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 454 |
Release | : 2007-12-17 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0393330338 |
Updated with a new chapter that draws on behavioral finance, the field that studies the psychology of investment decisions, the bestselling guide to investing evaluates the full range of financial opportunities.