The Psychology of Speculation
by Henry Howard Harper
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About this eBook
- Author
- Harper, Henry Howard, 1871-1953
- Title
- The psychology of speculation : The human element in stock market transactions
- Original Publication
- Boston: privately printed, 1926.
- Credits
- Tim Lindell, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- HG: Social sciences: Finance
- Subject
- Stock exchanges
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 73647
- Release Date
- May 18, 2024
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SPECULATION
- 3.Untitled
- 4.Untitled
- 5.THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK
- 6.THE HUMAN ELEMENT IN STOCK MARKET TRANSACTIONS
- 7.THE PERNICIOUS INFLUENCE OF THE STOCK TICKER
- 8.THE DISCONCERTING EFFECT OF SUDDEN LOSSES AND GAINS
- 9.RETIRED BUSINESS MEN IN THE STOCK MARKET
- 10.STOCK MARKET TRANSACTIONS APART FROM GAMBLING
- 11.THE STOCK MARKET PRODUCES A NEW PHENOMENON—TURNS WORLD-WIDE DISASTER INTO LOCAL PROSPERITY
- 12.NOBODY LOVES A BEAR — FOOTNOTE:
- 13.FRENZIED SPECULATION IS THE RANKEST FORM OF GAMBLING; IT IS A PERILOUS INDULGENCE
- 14.THE DANGERS OF INVERTED PYRAMIDS
- 15.THE LURE OF THE COPPER BOOM—AND BOGUS SECURITIES
- 16.THE PERILS OF OVER-ACQUISITIVENESS—THE HUMAN ELEMENT IN SPECULATION
- 17.THEY ALL RESOLVE, BUT THEY ALL GO BACK
- 18.A NEW KNIGHT-ERRANT IN SPECULATION
- 19.SOME SIGNS ARE COMPREHENDIBLE; OTHERS ARE HARD TO INTERPRET
- 20.NONE ARE SO BLIND AS THOSE WHO REFUSE TO SEE—NONE SO FOOLISH AS THOSE WHO SCOFF AT WISE COUNSEL
- 21.EVEN THE STOCK MARKET HAS ITS FARCICAL SIDE
- 22.SPECULATORS ARE SLAVES OF SENTIMENT
- 23.THERE IS BUT ONE WAY TO BEAT THE STOCK MARKET; THERE ARE MANY WAYS OF BEING BEATEN BY IT
- 24.THE STOCK EXCHANGE IS A MONUMENT OF BUSINESS INTEGRITY
- 25.BOOKS TEACH WISDOM, BUT EXPERIENCE IS A MORE PRACTICAL INSTRUCTOR
- 26.WHIMS AND FALLACIES IN SPECULATION
- 27.PROBLEMS DEFYING PRESENT SOLUTION ARE BETTER DEFERRED TO THE FUTURE
- 28.Transcriber’s Notes:
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