Every man his own broker: or, A guide to exchange-alley. [electronic resource] : In which the nature of the several funds, vulgarly called the 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 per cent. --Directions how to avoid the losses that are frequently sustained by the destruction of bank notes, India bonds, &c. by fires and other accidents; and an appendix, giving some account of banking, and of the sinking fund---with a copper-plate table, showing the instinsic 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 third edition, corrected and enlarged. By T. Mortimer.
1761
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Every man his own broker: or, A guide to exchange-alley. [electronic resource] : In which the nature of the several funds, vulgarly called the 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 per cent. --Directions how to avoid the losses that are frequently sustained by the destruction of bank notes, India bonds, &c. by fires and other accidents; and an appendix, giving some account of banking, and of the sinking fund---with a copper-plate table, showing the instinsic 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 third edition, corrected and enlarged. By T. Mortimer.
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Mortimer, Thomas, 1730-1810.
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London : Printed for S. Hooper, at Cæsar's Head, the corner of the New Church in the Strand, 1761.
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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xxviii,174,[2]p.,plate ; 12⁰.
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With a final leaf of advertisements.
Reproduction of original from University of London's Goldsmiths' Library.
Reproduction of original from University of London's Goldsmiths' Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T87414.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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