The Stock Exchange From Within

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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.

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"The Stock Exchange from Within" by William C. Van Antwerp reflects the thoughts of a busy stockbroker, distracted by many duties and lacking in literary skill, they have but little merit and the writer entertains no illusions regarding them. The book does explain the stock exchange in a way non-experts would understand, but it also makes brokers much more sympathetic characters who are merely at the whim of the markets.

The Stock Exchange from Within by William C. Van Antwerp: A practical guide to understanding the workings of the stock exchange, "The Stock Exchange from Within" provides valuable insights into the principles and practices of successful buying and selling on Wall Street. Van Antwerp's work draws on financial expertise and market research to offer a comprehensive and accessible guide to understanding the complexities of stock exchange trading. Key Aspects of the Book "The Stock Exchange from Within": Financial Expertise: The book draws on financial expertise and market research to offer practical and evidence-based advice on understanding and participating in stock exchange trading. Comprehensive and Accessible: Van Antwerp's work is comprehensive and accessible, making it easy to understand and participate in stock exchange trading. Contextualization of Stock Exchange Trading: The book sheds light on the cultural and economic contexts of stock exchange trading, providing valuable insights into the ways in which social and political structures influence investment opportunities and strategies. William C. Van Antwerp was an American stockbroker and writer who lived in the 20th century. His works on stock exchange trading and investment strategies have contributed significantly to the field of financial planning and analysis.

Excerpt from The Stock Exchange From Within In so far as these pages reflect the thoughts of a busy stockbroker, distracted by many duties and lacking in literary skill, they have but little merit and the writer entertains no illusions regarding them. But in the many quotations from the writings of the world's foremost economists that are here presented, and in the various legal and historical precedents cited, perhaps it is not too much to hope that this book possesses some slight value as a contribution to the vexed and vexing discussion of the stock exchange, and that it may serve in some degree both to dull the sharp edge of uninformed criticism and to strengthen the hands and hearts of loyal friends of a greatly misunderstood institution. The public is asked to disregard the utterances of demagogues and self-seekers and to consider facts. That done, the American spirit of fair play may be confidently relied upon. The stock exchange authorities have had no hand in the preparation of the work, nor does it bear their endorsement. I say this lest it be thought an official apologia. Had it been such, the work would have been much more skillfully done, and its value greatly enhanced. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.