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The World's First Stock ExchangeThe launch of the Dutch East India Company in 1602 initiated Amsterdam's transformation from a regional market town into a dominant financial center. The Company introduced easily transferable shares, and within days buyers had begun to trade them. Soon the public was engaging in a variety of complex transactions, including forwards, futures, options, and bear raids, and by 1680 the techniques deployed in the Amsterdam market were as sophisticated as
The launch of the Dutch East India Company in 1602 initiated Amsterdam's transformation from a regional market town into a dominant financial center. The Company introduced easily transferable shares, and within days buyers had begun to trade them. Soon the public was engaging in a variety of complex transactions, including forwards, futures, options, and bear raids, and by 1680 the techniques deployed in the Amsterdam market were as sophisticated as any we practice today. Lodewijk Petram's eye-opening history demystifies financial instruments by linking today's products to yesterday's innovations, tying the market's operation to the behavior of individuals and the workings of the world around them. Traveling back to seventeenth-century Amsterdam, Petram visits the harbor and other places where merchants met to strike deals. He bears witness to the goings-on at a notary's office and sits in on the consequential proceedings of a courtroom. He describes in detail the main players, investors, shady characters, speculators, and domestic servants and other ordinary folk, who all played a role in the development of the market and its crises. His history clarifies concerns that investors still struggle with today, such as fraud, the value of information, trust and the place of honor, managing diverging expectations, and balancing risk, and does so in a way that is vivid, relatable, and critical to understanding our contemporary financial predicament.Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 05/27/2014
ISBN: 9780231163781
Pages: 296
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.10d
Review Citations: Library Journal 05/15/2014 pg. 88
Choice 11/01/2014 pg. 499
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Cheap dial
Color: E Gold Black
As a whole it's a quartz plastic watch for under $20...I'm disappointed in the poor looking dial quality. The case seems fine for a plastic watch, it's no Swatch but not a bad case. Shame the dial looks so cheap, it may have passed at a glance as a nice watch otherwise.
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★★★★★ 2
NOT WORTH IT
Color: E All Black
Not worth the money in my opinion. Very light weight. Almost like wearing a child's watch. Cheaply made.
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★★★★★ 5
Men's watch that can also be worn by a woman
Color: C White
This is the coolest watch! I have 3 of these watches and love each of them
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★★★★★ 5
Beautiful, luxurious-looking watch.
Color: Grey
Beautiful, luxurious-looking watches. Impeccable craftsmanship. Highly polished glass & reflective hour markers & arms pop with a luxurious shine in the light. Love these watches. So much so I have bought several in different color faces for different occassions. Each is beautiful. Finely detailed minute, hour & second hands are easy to read even in dim light. Outstanding quality for the price. Perfect size looks great on the wrist & keeps accurate time.
I have had more compliments of these watches, than much more expensive watches I have.
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★★★★★ 5
Nice homage watch. Love it!
Color: Blue
Real nice Patek homage. Great price
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