The Unseen Wall Street of 1969-1975 : And Its Signficance for Today.

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Benn, Alec, 1918-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Portsmouth : Santa Barbara : Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated ; ABC-CLIO, LLC [distributor]
Temas:
New York Stock Exchange > History > 20th century.
New York Stock Exchange > Histoire > 20e siècle.
New York Stock Exchange
1900-1999
Securities industry > United States > History > 20th century.
Stock exchanges > United States > History > 20th century.
Securities industry
Stock exchanges
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Some of the People of Historical Importance Who Appear in this Book
  • How Members of The New York Stock Exchange Gained the Right to Sell Shares in Their Firms to the General Public Despite the Opposition of a Majority of the Members
  • How the Central Certificate System Was Introduced and Other Early Bumbling with Computers
  • The Hair-Raising Way Brokerage Accounts Came to Be Insured
  • The Desirability of Permanent Capital
  • Negotiating a Merger
  • Obstacles to the Merger.
  • How and Why Ross Perot Saved The New York Stock Exchange from Possible Collapse
  • How The New York Stock Exchange Came Closer- Much, Much Closer- to Collapse the Second Time
  • How a Giant Investment Firm Very Nearly Went Bankrupt in 1971, Potentially Causing Investors to Lose Millions of Dollars Despite the Existence of the Securities Investors Protection Corporation
  • The Importance of Management Style
  • The Reality of U.S. Government Employment
  • How the U.S. Government Has Tried to Prevent Insider Trading- And Why It Has Failed.
  • The Twists and Turns toward the Reorganization of The New York Stock Exchange
  • How NYSE Commissions, Traditionally Fixed and High, Became Competitive and Low, Despite the Opposition of Most Members of The New York Stock Exchange
  • An Unintended Consequence of the Imposition of Competitive Commission
  • Rates: A Boom in Soft Dollars
  • How a Defiant Stockbroker Virtually Single- Handedly Enabled All Members of The New York Stock Exchange to Sell Annuities
  • The Biggest Stock Fraud in the District Attorney's Memory
  • A Cliff-Hanging Merger Meeting
  • Deja Vu.
  • How and Why Discrimination Based on Class and Religion Declined on Wall Street
  • The Different Reasons for the Decline in Racial and Gender Discrimination on Wall Street
  • Significance
  • Aftermath: The Perils of Partnerships
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index.

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