The Bull the Bear and the Kangaroo: The Story of the Sydney Stock Exchange
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Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0043240178
ISBN 13
9780043240175
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Publication Year
1989
Publisher
Pages
328
Subject
Stock Exchange
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Abstract
The Bull, the Bear and the Kangaroo is the first full-scale history of one of Australia's major (and most colourful) financial institutions, the Sydney Stock Exchange.
Description
1. The age of the auctioneer: Australia's first share market, 1817-1851 -- 2. A political, legal and economic framework for share trading, 1851-1870 -- 3. The emergence of specialised stockbrokers, 1851-1870 -- 4. Copper, gold and tin: Sydney's first mining boom, 1871-1889 -- 5. The foundation of the Sydney Stock Exchange, 1871-1874 -- 6. The Mullens era, 1874-1889 -- 7. Crash and recovery: the share market, 1890-1913 -- 8. Institutional development of the Sydney Stock Exchange, 1890-1913 -- 9. Peace and war, 1911-1918 -- 10. Two steps forward, one step back: inter-war years, 1919-1939 -- 11. The bull, the bear and the kangaroo: World War and its aftermath -- 12. The post-war boom and Stock Exchange reform, 1945-1966 -- 13. Old lessons not learned: the fourth mining boom, 1968-1972 -- 14. The old order changeth, 1973-1987 -- 15. The twilight of the gods.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (454) and index.
Donated by Graham Price.
Donated by Graham Price.
Number of Copies
1
