Individual copies of Pospect, Spectator, New Statesman and Guardian Weekly April -May 2020; Economist 3 issues April-May 2020; Epoch Times Oct-Nov 2020; The doctor Jan 2020-Jan 2021; Information professional April-July 2020; miscellaneous official communications
Copy owned by Albert Baster, author of article 'The present banking situation in America', pp176-188
History of Financial Advice Collection. Second volume contains charts. Thomas Gibson was a well-known writer of weekly market reports, as well as author of three companion guides to the stock market: The Pitfalls of Speculation (1906), The Cycles of Speculation (1909), and The Elements of Speculation (1913), all issued by Moody’s publishing house. Gibson did not see a problem with speculation per se, only with speculation conducted in the wrong way. He warned against following mechanical rules or chasing insider tips, unsubstantiated enthusiasms and blind luck. According to Gibson, unexpected swings in the market are not caused by manipulation, but are the result of the vast majority of purchases by the public (the “lambs”) being made at the wrong time. In contrast, the “shrewd minority” are able to “foresee” market movements and take advantage of them to accumulate profits. Gibson advocates applying “intelligent” business methods to speculative investments, which in part involve developing “clear thought and sound judgment.” Since speculation is safe if the correct methods are applied, the message is that readers would be crazy not to take a plunge. In his third book he focuses less on technical analysis of price fluctuations in the market, than on the fundamental factors governing security price movements, and how they should inform investment decisions.
Fenn's Compendium of the English and foreign funds, debts and revenues of all nations; banks, railways, mines, and the principal joint stock companies: forming an epitome of the various objects of investment and speculation negotiable in London. 12th ed by Charles Fenn
History of Financial Advice Collection. Fenn’s Compendium, which first appeared in 1837, reached its tenth edition in 1869. Acquiring the status of an institution, the volume was now under the editorship of the financial journalist Robert Lucas Nash. More than three times the size of the first edition, the Compendium collated a vast array of material relating to the financial markets, ranging from the prospectuses of various foreign loans to the rules and regulations of the Stock Exchange. Though the volume contained data on joint-stock companies, its main use was as a guide to colonial and foreign loans. Railway investors were likely to turn to one of the specialist guides available, such as Slaughter’s annual Railway Intelligence, while newcomers to investment were likely to try one of the more accessible guides such as Playford’s Practical Hints (1855). The Compendium continued to enjoy a significant readership, however, reaching its seventeenth and final edition in 1898.
Fenn's Compendium of the English and foreign funds, debts and revenues of all nations; banks, railways, mines, and the principal joint stock companies: forming an epitome of the various objects of investment and speculation negotiable in London. 10th ed by Charles Fenn
History of Financial Advice Collection. Fenn’s Compendium, which first appeared in 1837, reached its tenth edition in 1869. Acquiring the status of an institution, the volume was now under the editorship of the financial journalist Robert Lucas Nash. More than three times the size of the first edition, the Compendium collated a vast array of material relating to the financial markets, ranging from the prospectuses of various foreign loans to the rules and regulations of the Stock Exchange. Though the volume contained data on joint-stock companies, its main use was as a guide to colonial and foreign loans. Railway investors were likely to turn to one of the specialist guides available, such as Slaughter’s annual Railway Intelligence, while newcomers to investment were likely to try one of the more accessible guides such as Playford’s Practical Hints (1855). The Compendium continued to enjoy a significant readership, however, reaching its seventeenth and final edition in 1898.
Stolen without a gun: confessions from inside history's biggest accounting fraud - the collapse of MCI WorldCom by pavlowalterjr
See also SH Archive: World.Com (including MCI): 1 box of papers
Intended to show how the world could transform after the financial crisis of 2008, the book may be even more useful now. MK
Gates writes that the world emits 51 billion tons of greenhouse gas every year. In his book he lists what we can do to bring that down to zero and even take CO2 from past pollution out of the air. Like a true technophile, Gates assumes that if we don't get there with behavioural change, technology can save us. Investments must be made in research and development, and in order to determine where the available budgets are most effective, he introduces the concept of a 'green premium' which indicates how much more expensive the climate friendly solution is compared to the existing way that uses fossil fuels. This difference is not the same everywhere as it depends on which technology is replaced, and which solution is chosen. There are even cases where the switch to a climate-friendly alternative saves money, which Gates explains by outdated regulations aimed at goals other than climate. MK
Scotland's second chance: energy and opportunity post-1993 (Hamish Paton); Losing the heid: an investigation into the takeover of Scottish companies (George Rosie); The power of small nations in the new Europe; Scotland's government: the transition to independence.
Reports dated 1 June & 5 December 1988; 'The product range' September 1989; 'The big thirteen' January 1990; 1 February 1990, 29 April, 29 May, 14 August & 28 August 1991.
Special issue 2 (vol 102) of 'Civil Engineering: the Proceedings of the Insititution of Civil Engineers
1991 New issues: the 1986-1991 experience; 1992 Doomsday for dividends.
Issues numbered 13, 16-17, 19-23, 25-28, 30-32, 34, 36-37.
For year ending June 1982 (GL Communications) and June 1983 (GL Electronics)
For financial years 2005/6 and 2006/7
CA magazine, July & October 2004; CheckMark, Autumn 2012; The Economist (10 special reports/surveys); MoneyWeek, Dec 2012; Punch 150th anniversary ed, 1991; European Business Forum, 2004; Financial Analysts Journal (50 years in review), Jan/Feb 1995; Fortune, 22 Nov 1999; International Management Europe, Feb 1984; Institutional Investor, June 1987 20th anniversary), July 1992 (25th anniversary); Investors Chronicle, 16-22 Mar 1984; Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance, May/June 2002; Spotlight, Summer 2013; Time, 7 Mar 1969, 7 Nov 1998, 31 Dec 1999;UBS International Finance, Spring 1993; Wall Street Journal: collection of Pulitzer Prize-winning articles 2003. Les dossiers du canard enchaine, July 1997 (on Credit Lyonnais).
2001 (46th ed), 2003 (48th ed), 2005 (50th ed)-2013 (58th ed).
Title varies: 2011 edition is 'Credit Suisse Global Investment Returns Sourcebook'; later editions 'Credit Suisse Global Investment Reurns Yearbook'.
This book is a real eye-opener: it hits home how often men are considered the norm whether it's in trials for medication or safety tests on car seats. Although the facts that Caroline Criado Perez presents are infuriating, the book is really enjoyable since it's written with such a sense of humour and contains constructive suggestions on how we can improve the world for women and men. MK
'The subtitle of this book ('the impact of the highly improbable') underlines why it is so relevant to the current pandemic despite the fact that it was published in 2007. Written in accessible prose, 'The Black Swan' gives us simple tools for spotting the elephants on the world stage (and in financial markets). MK
Presented to the Librarian, Institute of Bankers in Scotland, Edinburgh by the Chairman and the Managing Director.