Reading guide
Project Gutenberg #59518, based on the 1875 Longmans, Green, and Co. edition. Complete English text and RBooks Chinese reading translation: 16/16 reading units, 198/198 paragraphs. Financial-history reading material; not investment advice.
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PrefaceIntroductionChapter I. Technical Terms ExplainedChapter II. The Importance of Special Knowledge Regarding the Regularly Recurring Causes That Influence the MarketsChapter III. The Right Temperament for a Professional SpeculatorChapter IV. The Increase of Speculation in Stocks and SharesChapter V. Modern Influences upon the MarketsChapter VI. Cacoethes OperandiChapter VII. The Pit-FallsChapter VIII. Speculation with CapitalChapter IX. Speculation without CapitalChapter X. The “Tip” to Buy or SellChapter XI. Speculation by MachineryChapter XII. The Shifting of Speculation from the Higher to the Lower Classes of SecuritiesChapter XIII. The Short “Turns,” or, Who Makes the Profits?Chapter XIV. In What Respect Is Speculation Useful in Markets Generally?