Every man his own broker : or, a guide to Exchange-Alley. In which the nature of the several funds, vulgarly called stocks, is clearly explained. And The Mystery and Iniquity of Stock-Jobbing laid before the Public in a New and Impartial Light. Also The Method of Transferring Stock, and of Buying and Selling the several Government Securities, without the Assistance of a Broker, is made intelligible to the meanest Capacity: and an Account is given of the Laws in force relative to Brokers, Clerks at the Bank, &c. To which is added, new tables of interest on India Bonds, calculated at 5 per Cent. - Directions how to avoid the Losses that are frequently sustained by the Destruction of Bank Notes, India Bonds, &c. by Fres and other Accidents. And an Appendix, giving some Account of Banking, and of the Sinking Fund. - With a Copper-Plate Table, shewing the intrinsic Value of the several Funds, and the Proportion they bear to each other, by which any Person may immediately know which is the cheapest to purchase. The fourth edition, by T. Mortimar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mortimer, Thomas, 1730-1810.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Speculation.

Interest--Tables.

Interest.

Stockbrokers--Great Britain.

Stockbrokers.

Stock transfer--Great Britain.

Stock transfer.

Stock Exchange (London, England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii,174,[2]p.,plate )

Other Title:

Every man his own broker

Place of Publication:

London : printed for S. Hooper, at Caesar's Head, the Corner of the New Church in the Strand, M.DCC.LXI. [1761]

Notes:

With a final advertisement leaf.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T87413.

OCLC:

642720170