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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458586803321

Autore

Dale Richard

Titolo

The first crash : lessons from the South sea bubble / / Richard Dale

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

0-691-17094-0

1-4008-5164-5

Edizione

[Core Textbook]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Classificazione

NW 4100

Disciplina

332.63/228

Soggetti

South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720

Financial crises - Great Britain - History - 18th century

Capital market - Great Britain - History - 18th century

Stocks - Prices - Great Britain - History - 18th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Coffee Houses, The Press and Misinformation -- Chapter Two. Exchange Alley and the Evolution of London's Securities Market -- Chapter Three. Origins of the South Sea Company -- Chapter Four. John Law and the Mississippi Bubble -- Chapter Five. The South Sea Scheme -- Chapter Six. The Bubble -- Chapter Seven. The Crash -- Chapter Eight. Crisis Resolution -- Chapter Nine. Lessons from the South Sea Bubble -- Chapter Ten. Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

For nearly three centuries the spectacular rise and fall of the South Sea Company has gripped the public imagination as the most graphic warning to investors of the dangers of unbridled speculation. Yet history repeats itself and the same elemental forces that drove up the price of South Sea shares to dizzying heights in 1720 have in recent years produced the global crash of 1987, the Japanese stock market bubble of the 1980's/90's, and the international dot.com boom of the 1990's. The First Crash throws light on the current debate about



investor rationality by re-examining the story of the South Sea Bubble from the standpoint of investors and commentators during and preceding the fateful Bubble year. In absorbing prose, Richard Dale describes the trading techniques of London's Exchange Alley (which included 'modern' transactions such as derivatives) and uses new data, as well as the hitherto neglected writings of a brilliant contemporary financial analyst, to show how investors lost their bearings during the Bubble period in much the same way as during the dot.com boom. The events of 1720, as presented here, offer insights into the nature of financial markets that, being independent of place and time, deserve to be considered by today's investors everywhere. This book is therefore aimed at all those with an interest in the behavior of stock markets.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910153281603321

Autore

Kaiser Toni

Titolo

Maggiatal : Wandermagazin SCHWEIZ 9 2013 / / Toni Kaiser, Jochen Ihle, Peter-Lukas Meier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Solothurn, [Switzerland] : , : Rothus Verlag, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

3-906274-03-9

3-906060-17-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (100 p.)

Collana

Wandermagazin SCHWEIZ

Disciplina

796.5

796.5/1/09494

796.5109494

Soggetti

Hiking - Switzerland

Switzerland Description and travel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Editorial; Inhalt; Thema | Hinteres Maggiatal: Hier regiert der Stein; Outdoor | Tessin: Im Reich der Kristalle; Outdoor | Tessin: Wohnen unter Felsdächern ; Outdoor | Tessin: Zwischen Felsen und Abrgründen; Outdoor | Tessin: Energie tanken; Outdoor | Tessin: Marmor unter den



Füssen; Outdoor | Tessin: Auf der Sonnenseite der Walser ; Outdoor | Tessin: Alpine Baukunst; Outdoor | Tessin: Einsame Berghütte gesucht?; Outdoor | Jura: Wenn Pflanzen reisen; Outdoor | Graubünden: Unterwegs mit dem Wander Fritz; Thema | Via Alta Vallemaggia: Steinige Pfade

Portfolio | Toni Kaiser: Magisches Wasser im MaggiatalJetzt aber raus!; Die Schweizer Wandergeschichte | Peter Krebs: Von Nashörnern und Menschen; Familientipp | Höhlentouren: Im Reich der Finsternis ; Hintergrund | Regenjacken: Lieber nicht nass werden!; Echt Schweiz | Heimat, Brauchtum, Tradition: Wilde Wasser, steile Wege; Mix | Neues aus der Wanderwelt; Mix | Ausstellungen und Events: Steinwelten; Bahnwandern | 100 Jahre Lötscherbergbahn: Grosser Bahnhof; Leserseiten | Ihre Lieblingstour: Wanderziel Greina; Leserseiten | Neue Bücher: Lesenswert

Leserseiten | Ihre Meinung: Nichts für FlachwandererLeserseiten | Rätseln und Gewinnen: Wo ist das?; Vorschau | 10/11 2013

Sommario/riassunto

Es ist eine steile und steinige Welt, die Täler des «Alta Vallemaggia». Doch wer die erste Steilstufe der Valle Bavona, Antabia, Calnègia, Campo und wie sie alle heissen auf oft spektakulären Treppenwegen hinter sich gebracht hat, findet sich unvermittelt in einer anderen Welt wieder. Hier, wo früher die Talbewohner in ihrem erbarmungslosen Überlebenskampf ihr Vieh in einem jahreszeitlich bedingten Nomadismus gesömmert und Heu für die Wintermonate eingebracht haben, sind es heute Wandertouristen, die auf den lieblichen Alpen Ruhe und Erholung suchen. Die Ausgabe 9_2013 des «Wandermagazin SCHWE