INDEX
Reading edition
ACCEPTANCES, of banks and firms.
26
,
36
America, as international financier,
73
;
trade expansion of, helped by England, 85
Armament firms and bad finance,
135
,
136
BANK OF ENGLAND, position of,
31
.
32
;
weekly return of, 33
Banks, bills of exchange held by,
26
seq
.;
functions of, 35 seq.;
money deposited with, 25 seq.;
specimen balance sheet of, 35
Bearer securities,
54
Bill-brokers,
37
,
38
Bills of exchange, meaning of,
26
seq
.;
on London, popularity of, 29, 30;
uses of, 39, 40
Bonds, description of,
54
Bowley, Dr., on specialization,
156
Brailsford, Mr., on Egypt and finance,
99
Brazil, financial embarrassments of,
71
;
funding scheme for, 72
CANADA lends to England,
73
Capital, bad effects of export of,
164
;
difficulty of controlling, 166, 171;
definition of, 4, 17;
function of, 3 seq.;
how acquired, 16;
plenty of, advantageous to workers, 19, 20;
reward of, 2 seq.
Charles II, dukedoms founded by.
14
,
15
China and international finance,
106
Cobbett on national prosperity,
159
Colonial investments, advantages possessed by,
166
Companies' securities, classes of,
57
;
issue of, 55
Coupons, description of,
54
Crammond, Mr., on financiers and peace,
93
Cumulative, preference,
59
;
sinking fund, 52
DEBENTURE stocks,
57
Discount, market rate of,
38
EGYPT and finance,
98
seq
.
"FENN on the Funds," on diplomacy and finance,
106
Finance and industry,
75
,
76
,
131
;
as peace-missionary, 90 seq.;
benefits of, 83 seq.;
defined, 1;
dependent on industry, 28, 29, 40;
effects of war on, 92, 93
Foreign Office and finance,
105
,
seq
.
France, loan issuing in,
47
Freights, effect of war on,
162
GEOGRAPHICAL distribution, investment by,
24
,
25
German finance and diplomacy,
107
German industry helped by English finance,
85
Governments, borrowing by,
43
seq
.
HONDURAS loans, Select Committee's report on,
116
seq
.
"INCOME," Dr. Nearing on,
7
Industry the foundation of finance,
28
,
29
Inherited wealth,
11
seq
.
Interest, the price of capital,
2
,
3
Interest claims, as article of export,
80
,
81
Issuing houses, responsibilities of,
137
seq
.
JEWS and finance,
111
seq
.
Journalism in the City,
49
,
50
KINGLAKE on Egypt,
100
;
on Jews of Smyrna, 112
LIMITED liability, system of,
68
Loans, issue of,
45
seq
.
London, strength of, in credit matters,
30
MEXICO, revolution and default in,
71
Morocco crisis and financiers,
93
Municipalities, borrowing by,
45
NEARING, DR., on capital's reward,
7
,
8
New York as financial centre,
30
PHILIP II repudiates debts,
67
Preference securities,
57
,
59
Profit, distinguished from interest,
56
;
the reward of capital, 2, 3
Prospectuses, fuller statement desirable in,
173
;
terms of, 49 seq., 51
Public, the, the modern dispenser of wealth,
15
seq
.
REGISTERED stocks,
55
Risk, inseparable from industry,
23
SINKING Fund, working of,
52
Snowden, Mr. Philip, on finance and diplomacy,
90
,
91
South African War and finance,
102
,
103
Specialization, dangers and evils of,
153
seq
.
State, as saver of capital,
21
Stock Exchange, as regulator of new issues,
169
,
170
;
effect of war on, 95;
securities dealt in on, 42 seq.
Stock markets, fluctuations of,
61
,
62
;
international relations of, 62
TRADE balance,
80
,
81
UNDERWRITING of loans,
46
,
48
;
risk involved by, 53
VENEZUELA and German diplomacy,
107
WAR, effects of, on finance,
92
,
93
;
lessons taught by, 161 seq., 175 seq.
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